Ignacio Garcia

In 1999, Tea founded Multimedia Languages & Marketing, now known as 2M Language Services (2M), in Western Australia. In 2000, she established an Indigenous Language Interpreting Service, the “Kimberley Interpreting Service (KIS)” in WA that provides NAATI accredited interpreters in indigenous languages, and was instrumental in promoting the rights of Aboriginal people to the services of interpreters. In 2002, she moved to Cairns where she opened another branch of her company.
Today Tea operates out of the 2M Head Office in Brisbane and the 2M Europe office in Paris. She was the President of the Australian Institute for Translators & Interpreters Inc. (AUSIT) QLD for the past 4 years, current AUSIT Principal Delegate and sits on the AUSIT National Council and on the NAATI RAC (NAATI Regional Advisory Council) and works closely with major stake holders in the translation & interpreting industry on a day to day basis. Voted Multicultural Entrepreneur by the Lord Mayor's Multicultural Unit Brisbane, Tea is an active business mentor with a special interest in international trade and the Australian Export Industry.