Maria Vertkin moved from her native Russia to Israel as a child and then to the United States as a teenager. She drew on her own experience as an immigrant to start Found in Translation, a nonprofit ...

While working as a social worker in Boston, Maria Vertkin found a new calling: helping homeless, often immigrant women learn to become medical interpreters. Vertkin, 31, is the founder and executive ...

Being admitted to the hospital is an inherently stressful experience—you’re concerned about your health, worried about a procedure, and feeling isolated from friends and family outside of visiting ...

The Sharewood Project, a volunteer-run, Tufts-affiliated medical clinic that provides free healthcare services, in January launched a partnership with Found in Translation, a nonprofit organization ...

Maria Vertkin got her first interpreting “job” long before she made it her career. Twice an immigrant by age 11, Vertkin—who was born in Russia and spent five years in Israel before eventually ...

Maria Vertkin needs your vote. The Boston woman is the founder and executive director of Found in Translation, a Dorchester-based organization that helps marginalized women become employable, and is ...

Maria Vertkin couldn’t figure out why the meeting hadn’t started. Then, one of the people across the table from her looked at the clock and said, OK, we’re just waiting for your executive director. “I ...

WGBH Contributor Sue O'Connell sits down with a Executive Director of Found in Translation, Maria Vertkin; Found of Sweet Teez Bakery, Teresa Maynard, and City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George to ...