Genevieve “Gigi” Sefchick is a Nevada Court-Certified Interpreter and a Certified Healthcare Interpreter (CCHI). She recently retired from the Washoe County District Attorney’s Office, where she served as a Victim Advocate for nearly two decades, beginning in 2004. She served as Chairperson of the Alliance for Victims’ Rights from 2016 to 2020.

Gigi has trained court interpreters since 2005, beginning at Truckee Meadows Community College, where she prepared aspiring interpreters for state certification. Over time, she developed specialized training materials and workshops focused on the terminology used in expert witness testimony, including firearms and ballistics, sex crimes, fingerprints, DNA, serology, and other forensic disciplines. She has also taught advanced courses in simultaneous interpretation, note-taking, and medical interpretation, supporting certified interpreters in earning Continuing Education Units (CEUs) required for license maintenance.

In addition to TMCC, Gigi has served as an instructor at the University of Nevada, Reno’s International Center and the Northern Nevada Literacy Council. She is currently a member of the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT).

Gigi now teaches nationally through online courses hosted on the Teachable platform. Recognizing the lack of advanced, terminology-driven training for court interpreters, her mission is to provide rigorous, practical learning opportunities that strengthen interpreter performance and promote meaningful access to justice for all court participants.