For over two decades, she has done research and advocacy work in the fields of human rights, demilitarization, environmental justice, arms control and indigenous peoples’ rights. Susana has interpreted at academic conferences for the University of Texas at Austin, at community forums for the Central Texas Democratic Party and for other groups in Austin, at City Council hearings, Town Hall and Austin Police Department meetings, as well as religious services at the Cathedral of Hope, in Dallas. Susana has ample experience as a translator. She has translated technical texts into Spanish, including certification exams for the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, materials for the implementation of OSHA standards, papers on biotechnology and legal correspondence, among others.