{"id":684,"date":"2019-04-01T10:48:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T17:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/?p=684"},"modified":"2019-04-01T10:50:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T17:50:02","slug":"maria-eugenia-sileoni-instructor-of-spanish-interpreted-pro-bono-for-wsu-engineers-without-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/2019\/04\/01\/maria-eugenia-sileoni-instructor-of-spanish-interpreted-pro-bono-for-wsu-engineers-without-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Eugenia Sileoni, instructor of Spanish, interpreted pro bono for Engineers Without Borders at WSU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-686\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2019\/03\/Untitled-design-396x594.png\" alt=\"&quot;Flyer for Engineers Without Borders WSU.&quot;\" width=\"264\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2019\/03\/Untitled-design-396x594.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2019\/03\/Untitled-design.png 397w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/>On Feb. 15, <a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/faculty\/maria-eugenia-sileoni\/\">Maria Eugenia Sileoni (Eugenia)<\/a>, instructor of Spanish, interpreted pro bono for a Native American man from Panama at the Dinner and Auction hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/ewb.wsu.edu\/\">Engineers Without Borders at WSU<\/a>. Pro bono work is professional work done for a client without pay.<\/p>\n<p>A student in her Reading and Translation asked her if she would be interested in doing pro bono work for the silent auction. This was the first time <a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/faculty\/maria-eugenia-sileoni\/\">Eugenia<\/a> attended a silent auction and worked pro bono.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve never attended a silent auction in my life. That was new to me,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/faculty\/maria-eugenia-sileoni\/\">Eugenia<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/faculty\/maria-eugenia-sileoni\/\">Eugenia<\/a> agreed to interpret for the event out of her love for the student because it&#8217;s a good student that she admires. <a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/faculty\/maria-eugenia-sileoni\/\">Eugenia<\/a> also wanted to interpret because she identifies as Costa Rican, which is close to the Panamanian culture, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have friends from Panama. So I felt like I would like to welcome this Panamanian person,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/faculty\/maria-eugenia-sileoni\/\">Eugenia<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>On the day she interpreted, <a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/faculty\/maria-eugenia-sileoni\/\">Eugenia<\/a> had also worked from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. teaching her classes and being at office hours. She interpreted around 8:45 p.m. for the Native American man.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Feb. 15, Maria Eugenia Sileoni (Eugenia), instructor of Spanish, interpreted pro bono for a Native American man from Panama at the Dinner and Auction hosted by Engineers Without Borders at WSU. Pro bono work is professional work done for a client without pay. 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