Kentucky’s only interpreter and translator owned language service
Vision.
We envision a world where every voice matters and where everyone is free to express themselves in the language of their heart.
Values.
Equity · Belonging · Community empowerment · Authenticity · Community · Democracy · Power of voice
Mission.
Heart Language Cooperative advances language justice by providing interpretation, translation, and consulting services.
We are a worker-owned cooperative based in Lexington, Kentucky. Our approach to language access services is rooted in language justice. Language justice is the right to communicate in the language you feel most connected to — your heart language. Your heart language is the language or languages you feel most comfortable in, in which you best express yourself.
Our team:
Miranda Brown - Training, Interpretation, Translation
Grace Niyonkuru-Ntango - Interpretation
Carmen Solis - Interpretation, Translation
Mizari Suárez - Consulting, Training
We’ve learned a great deal from the co-ops that came before us, with particular thanks to Patchwork Cooperative Loan Fund and Sam Lockridge for coaching us and helping us access the resources to launch.