Olga Garcia-Caro Alcazar

Olga García-Caro is a lecturer in the Translating and Interpreting postgraduate program and the recipient of the 2023 RMIT Award for Research Engagement and Impact (Team). 


Olga is an active certified Spanish interpreter and translator. She works in community settings and has extensive experience in health and mental health interpreting, as well as in social services including those responding to domestic violence and child protection.

In her academic role, Olga collaborates with the translating and interpreting industry and stakeholders. She has worked closely with domestic violence organisations in relation to interpreting practice in these settings and as a consultant for submissions to the Royal Commission into Family Violence from which 6 recommendations pertaining to interpreting were made.

Olga is also involved in the delivery of professional development training for translators & interpreters across Australia such as: Family Violence Training, AUSIT Tasmania Branch and sponsored by Communities Tasmania. (https://office.ausit.org/event-4406716)

Olga was awarded the Carolyn Allport Scholarship (2015–2017) by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), supporting women undertaking postgraduate feminist studies. Her research was recognised for its contribution to identifying the need for specialist interpreter training to better support women, service providers, and interpreters in domestic violence settings