Burn, Jo AnnaWong Soon, Hoy Neng2023-03-242023-03-242020-12International Journal of Interpreter Education, ISSN: 2150-5772 (Print), 12(2), 63-67.2150-5772https://hdl.handle.net/10292/16024This interview was conducted with Hoy Neng Wong Soon, a specialist mental health Samoan-language interpreter from Aotearoa New Zealand3 . Hoy Neng combines her work as a research project manager with the Pacific Islands Families Study with interpreting and translating and also works as a health interpreter and translator educator. Her experiences offer interpreters and educators an insight into mental health settings and into the very demanding area of forensic psychiatry. She is based in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.This Open Forum is brought to you for free and open access by TigerPrints. It has been accepted for inclusion in International Journal of Interpreter Education by an authorized editor of TigerPrints. For more information, please contact kokeefe@clemson.edu.1303 Specialist Studies in Education2003 Language Studies2004 Linguistics4703 Language studies4704 LinguisticsJournal ArticleOpenAccess