Mari Maya Medina

Mari Maya Medina is a Lecturer in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures and a Research Student in the School of Education at Durham University. She holds a background in Translation and Interpreting Studies (Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona) and specialized in Legal Translation (Autonomous University of Barcelona). Her MA by Research focused on Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, completed jointly at the University of Barcelona and Pompeu Fabra University.

Her professional experience includes teaching Spanish in secondary schools (North East of England), the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and the University of Sunderland. She has also worked as a professional legal translator. At Durham, she teaches undergraduate Spanish language courses, supervises translation projects in the MA in Translation Studies, and contributes to semi-specialised translation modules.

Medina serves as the DELE Examinations Officer at Durham, an External Examiner, and an approved UNILANG examiner. Her research interests span language education, translation pedagogy, and certification processes in language learning.