{"id":7549,"date":"2025-09-26T11:42:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T11:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ata-divisions.org\/GLD\/?p=7549"},"modified":"2025-09-26T11:42:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T11:42:46","slug":"7-questions-for-gld-leadership-council-members-social-media-coordinator-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ata-divisions.org\/GLD\/7-questions-for-gld-leadership-council-members-social-media-coordinator-2\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Questions for GLD Leadership Council members: Social Media Coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Name: <\/strong>Andrew Hudson<\/p>\n<p><strong>LC position: <\/strong>Social Media Coordinator<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where are you originally from? <\/strong>Southwest Virginia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where do you currently live? <\/strong>Waco, Texas<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you become a translator\/interpreter? <\/strong>I was an adjunct music faculty member for 25 years, then tried translating to \u201csupplement\u201d that profession (I had always loved the German language and used it daily when working with singers on German songs). I loved it immediately and quit teaching after a year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your areas of specialization? <\/strong>Contracts, official and notarized documents, academic writing<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you like about ATA? <\/strong>Making friends and getting jobs from being listed as ATA-certified.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about your position on the GLD Leadership Council. <\/strong>I\u2019m just starting it, but think I\u2019ll be well suited for it\u2014for someone who\u2019s 58, I\u2019m on social media a lot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anything else you would like to share? (hobbies, interests, etc.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most important thing in my life is my wife Sara. We\u2019ve been married almost ten years, and we\u2019re never apart unless she\u2019s at work teaching middle school English.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m crazy about food and restaurants. If I had a second life, I would be a chef.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving classical music as a career a decade ago, I became a serious jazz fan. 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