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Connecting People Through LanguageCo-Creating with Diverse Voices from the Beginning: Challenges and Solutions
Earlier this year, Avantpage teamed up with the Athena Group, a women- and minority-owned consulting firm focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), to host a virtual event on how to forge connections and build resilient, inclusive communities. This event...
LEP Patients: What It Means to Be Limited English Proficient
A few years before Avantpage was founded, our CEO Luis Miguel’s friend had a bit of a health scare. This friend, a native Spanish speaker with limited English proficiency (LEP), went to the doctor one day to check up on a health concern he’d had. Though he often...
Improving Accessible Language to Support Health Literacy
It should come as no surprise that strong health literacy is associated with more positive health outcomes. Health literacy — that is, an individual’s ability to understand and utilize information on health and medical care — is an important part of being able to...
How These 5 Public Libraries Across the United States are Fostering Equity
Public libraries are a lot more than just book repositories. Historically, public libraries in the United States have served as safe havens for community members from all walks of life. Beyond providing us with a wealth of free literature and knowledge, they also host...
5 Key Insights from an Account Manager on Leveraging Language Data
At Avantpage, we pride ourselves on being a highly data-driven company. And we understand that our clients want to be able to access the same technology and insights into language data that we use internally — that’s why we developed our signature customer portal,...
How to Partner with Community Based Organizations
If you’re trying to improve your company or agency’s relationship with local limited English proficient (LEP) populations, you may have been advised to partner up with a community-based organization — but what does that actually mean? Allow us to explain. As defined...