French and Spanish Speaker, Translator and Instructor Maria Woods is a French and Spanish speaker, translator and instructor. She also speaks Portuguese. Ms.Woods holds a Master of Arts Degree in Applied Foreign Languages, Spanish-English-French from Universite Paul Valery, Montpellier, France. She has worked for the French Embassy, the Alliance Francaise, the Association of Caribbean States, the Caribbean Interpreting and Translating Bureau of the University of the West Indies, and the Ministry of National Security.