Ohsu | Oregon Health & Science University Sep 2015 - Mar 2017
Spanish Interpreter and Translator
Prince George's County Public Schools Sep 2015 - Mar 2017
Coordinator of Translation Services
Vcu Health System May 2011 - 2015
Spanish-English Interpreter and Translator-Nationally Certified Medical Interpreter
Office of Multicultural Affairs Jan 2011 - Jul 2011
Spanish-English Interpreter and Translator
Richmond Times-Dispatch Feb 2002 - Jun 2010
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Virginia Commonwealth University 2000 - 2002
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
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"This job's given me everything for my family, everything for me," Juan Lizama said when asked if he would go back to washing windows at the nation's tallest skyscraper after being stuck there Wednesday. "That's why I say God bless America. I'm very happy to be here."
Date: Nov 14, 2014
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Window washer who escaped dangling scaffold at 1 World Trade Center talks ...
Lopez said family and friends were dialing his cell phone as he waited for help with partner Juan Lizama but he didnt answer any calls. Instead, he waited for the FDNY to cut through an inch-thick double window to pull them inside.
Date: Nov 14, 2014
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
One World Trade Center window washer: Emergency stop failed
Juan Lopez, 33, was trapped Wednesday afternoon for 90 minutes with his partner Juan Lizama, 41, as one of their scaffold lines suddenly went slack during the descent from the skyscrapers roof.
Date: Nov 14, 2014
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Dangling window-washers rescued from World Trade Center
The workers, Juan Lizama and Juan Lopez, who were harnessed to the platform, were on the Manhattan building's south side at around 12:40 p.m. when one of the platform's four cables abruptly became slack, fire commissioner Daniel Nigro said. The open-topped platform tilted sharply, going nearly verti
Date: Nov 13, 2014
Category: World
Source: Google
Window Washers 2-Hour Nightmare at 1 World Trade Center Under Investigation
Juan Lizama and Juan Lopez were working on the lower Manhattan buildings south side when one of the platforms four cables abruptly gave way, Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. The open-topped platform tilted sharply at a nearly vertical angle, swaying slightly between the 68th and 69th floors, h
Date: Nov 13, 2014
Category: World
Source: Google
Window washer scaffolding collapse at World Trade Center under investigation
The two men, identified as Juan Lizama and Juan Lopez, were cleaning windows on the south side of the gleaming blue tower on Wednesday when a cable securing the platform malfunctioned, causing a side of the scaffold to drop perilously.
The window washers, Juan Lizama and Juan Lopez, were working on the lower Manhattan building's south side when one of the platform's four cables abruptly developed slack, Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. The open-topped platform tilted sharply and swayed slightly between the 68th and 69th floors
After maybe an hour, the firefighters had cut through the last layer of a 4- by 8-foot area. They removed it and helped window washers Juan Lizama and Juan Lopez to safety. A Manhattan window washer somehow survived a 47-story fall back in 2007, but such a miracle was not likely to repeat itself. An