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Joel Bloom鈥檚 (Span鈥�00) predicament was this: fresh out of college, degree in hand and a career path that was wide open.

鈥淚f there鈥檚 one question I remember above anything else, it was people always asking me what I planned to do with a B.A. in Spanish,鈥� he says. 鈥淢y answer was always the same, 鈥業 don鈥檛 know. I鈥檓 majoring in Spanish because it鈥檚 the only field of study I truly love.鈥� 鈥�

Today Joel is founder and head of Adept Interpreting with more than 400 interpreters and services in more than 65 languages. The company specializes in interpreting and translation services primarily for legal trials and healthcare and has expanded to fulfill language requests for sectors as diverse as international real estate, aerospace, apparel and agriculture.

It was at CU where learning a language cast a spell on him.

鈥淚t was like I just got hit and it felt good. I knew I was enthused about studying Spanish,鈥� he says.

For the rest of his time at CU, things fell neatly into place. His major, 鈥淪panish for the professions,鈥� amounted to a degree in business taught entirely in Spanish.

But after graduating, he headed home to Los Angeles and got a job at a Hispanic advertising agency. Sold wine for a Hispanic company. He taught English and Spanish. Then he moved to South America to study Portuguese. When he returned, he was even more married to the idea of speaking Spanish and Portuguese for a living.

鈥淚 didn鈥檛 want to go work for another company . . . or somebody else,鈥� he says.

So he freelanced as an interpreter helping Spanish-speaking medical patients and legal plaintiffs. 鈥淚 loved it. I thought this was truly the essence of getting paid to do the only thing I actually loved.鈥�

By 2002, Bloom鈥檚 services were getting popular 鈥� clients liked him and his interpreting skills. He became a certified medical and court interpreter. Then on one fateful day, two law offices hired him 鈥� for the same day.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 when a bell in my head went off,鈥� he says. 鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 be in two places at the same time, so instead of rejecting one of the offers, I got another interpreter to cover the other job.

鈥淎nd 10 years down the line, I still at times can鈥檛 believe that my company is now one of the largest, most reputable and multifaceted translation companies out there.鈥�

He also visits universities like CU to promote his field. Bloom would love to teach language at the university level in the future.

鈥淪tick with what you love,鈥� he says. 鈥淭here鈥檚 no greater reason to pursue something.鈥�