It’s easy for me to say it’s a good job because I’ve been doing it for long enough and it’s pretty much second nature, but it does take a lot of grind work to get started. Being an independent contractor is not easy.

Now, if she wants to work as a staff interpreter, that’s a good job too plus comes with benefits.

Since she is studying to become a nurse has she considered starting out in that realm? Lots of RN’s that I know went the medical assistant route, training for MA, getting a job for a major healthcare network like SUTTER or Kaiser, etc, and then pursing their nursing license while actually doing the job. There is also CNA.

Becoming a certified medical interpreter is no easy feat. Sounds like she has her medical terminology down, but there is still much studying to be done to take the written exam in English...then the oral exam.

I am currently in school for court interp, and a friend who I studied with decided to take a break from legal and pursue her medical cert. I’d say from the time she started to just receiving her certification a couple of weeks ago was about 5-6 months.