Angela Sasso

Chair, Interpreting Committee

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Angela Sasso is the Founder and CEO of The Interpreter's Lab, with a distinguished career spanning over three decades as an advocate for professional interpreter education and high-quality language services.

Ms. Sasso has also played a pivotal role in shaping industry standards. She initially contributed to the Health Care Partnership Project in BC from 1996 to 1998 and later engaged with the Health Standards Organization (HSO) in 2018 and again in 2022 on the CAN/HSO 11012:2018 (R2022):2022 - Access to Health and Social Services in Official Languages. Currently, she is actively involved with ISO, an organization where she has been a dedicated participating expert since 2010.

In 2021, Ms. Sasso assumed the role of International Convenor for ISO TC 37/SC 5/WG 4 and serves as the Project Leader for the Requirements and Recommendations for Interpreter Educators and Teaching Training Programs project. Additionally, Ms. Sasso holds the position of Vice-Chair of the Canadian Mirror Committee of TC 37/SC 5 and serves as the President of Critical Link International, an international organization promoting and advancing community interpreting.