Hi, I’m Ana María

I’m a linguist with over a decade of experience as a professional interpreter, translator, and designer of language access systems.

I've spent my career studying how language works across cultures, and when I turn that lens to neurodivergent communication, I see sophisticated patterns where the medical model sees deficits.

As an autistic and gifted person who learned English in school and navigated years of cross-cultural professional work, I understand both the theory and the lived experience of operating between different communication systems.

I believe there’s a fundamentally better way of understanding neurodivergence (as a culture) so that when we engage in communication (especially across different neurotypes), we ALL get consistently better outcomes.