Rosanna Balistreri is a trilingual speaker of Spanish, Italian & English. She holds a B.A. in Applied Linguistics with a Certificate of TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) and a M.A. in Spanish Linguistics from San Diego State University (SDSU).

Currently, Rosanna is the President of the California Healthcare Interpreting Association (CHIA),where she has served as former Chair of the San Diego Chapter and a member of the Board of Directors since 2005. She is also an instructor at Cal State Fullerton in the Translation & Interpreting Certificate Program. In 2007, Rosanna started REACH-reaching diversity, a consulting agency in cultural & linguistic services in healthcare.