Helena Sikh, Fellingsbro folk high school, Örebro, Sweden

Helena has been a sign language interpreter since 1983. In 1984-1985 she studied at the sign language interpreting program in Leksand. During the 90´s she took different courses in pedagogics and methodology for future interpreter trainers at Linköping University and at Stockholm University. In January – August of 1996, she planned and did set up the SLI-interpreting program in Örebro. Helena has worked as an interpreter trainer since then: between 2012-2014 she took the program för Principals at Uppsala University and held a position as assistant Principal between 2013-2019. Then she went back to her favourite task i.e. teaching.

She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, especially her two sons and their families. She has three wonderful grandchildren (the fourth on it´s way). She also enjoys all social events like cooking for others, hanging out with friends, cultural events like going to the movies and to the theatre.

Since 2004 she also works as an assessor for ”Kammarkollegiet”. Kammarkollegiet is the oldest public authority in Sweden. The public authority is responsible for the authorization of interpreters and translators in Sweden. Helena has also been involved and organized different international courses and seminars; among them a conference for European interpreter trainers in 2006 (90 delegates from 22 countries), a course for future interpreter trainers from Nigeria in 2015, and recently a similar course for a group from Kenya in 2024.