About Us

You'll benefit personally and professionally by learning with your peers at the Localization Advocate Academy. Our curated courses will help you excel in your career, find work/life balance, and tap into your true potential. Join the most supportive community of like-minded individuals and get started on a transformative journey towards a fulfilling future.

Meet our main instructors

Mehmet Can Alıç
Avid Gamer, Game Marketing Advisor and Game Sales Specialist

Mehmet Can's roles in his localization career have included game localization, subtitle localization, and translation. Having a gaming background of over 15 years, Mehmet Can focuses on the promotion and marketing of indie gaming companies, to enrich gaming culture all over the world. In addition to Game Marketing, Mehmet Can has learned about gaming engines and has a profound understanding of the basis of gaming.
Nora Díaz
Translator, Interpreter and Language Consultant, Trados Studio trainer, Blogger, Speaker

Nora is a world-renown conference interpreter, technology enthusiast, and expert trainer. She brings a wealth of information to every training session, teaching from her deep knowledge of translation tools, best practices, and time and effort saving tips. Her patience and advice while demonstrating the tools make her workshops the most valuable in the industry. Keeping informed of the latest technologies is her forte and each student will greatly benefit from enrolling in her sessions.
Marta Boer
Trainer, Localization Consultant, Talent and Supply Chain

Marta is a trainer of localization fundamentals, and a localization consultant for buyers who want to build or grow their localization teams and solve their talent acquisition and supply chain management challenges. Working in the language industry for 20+ years, her favorite segment is talent management. Expert in talent and management, she boosted growth by recruiting, onboarding, and training a team with freelance localizers to work on LQA projects.
Marina Gracen-Farrell
Academy Founder
Global Content, Innovative Learning Creator,
Community Builder

Marina is a localization professional, trainer, community builder, and public speaker. She has years of experience in Localization as DTP Manager and Consultant and in Higher Education as Course Development Manager. She brings both worlds together to create this dynamic learning community! A featured speaker on several panels and conferences, she has served in Toastmasters International Executive roles. As President and Education Officer, she has led many successful speaker trainings and leadership programs.
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