staff Archives – Bilingual International Assistant Services

Strategic Plan 2021-2023

The following outline corresponds to the strategic plan voted into effect by the Board of Directors in November 2020. It is the result of over a year … [Read more...]

Bilingual International Welcomes New Mental Health Director

June 10, 2019 By Liliya Joseph

We are very excited to introduce our new Director of Mental Health Services, Maria Childress, LCSW. Maria joins the Bilingual International staff … [Read more...]

Bilingual International Assistant Services

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Deanna Zoller-Cocic fled her hometown of Sarajevo in 1992 during the siege with her two young children. As a refugee in Germany, she quickly learned German and worked as a Medical Assistant for German physicians in Wiesbaden. Deanna arrived in St. Louis in 1998 and worked in sales and customer service at Lambert International Airport for 15 years. She has worked as an interpreter with LAMP and currently works with BIAS on the Social Services team and oversees the Bosnian senior group, as well as providing case work, citizenship, benefits assistance, Medicare counseling, etc. for our Bosnian-speaking clients. ...

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Bilingual International Assistant Services

3 days ago

Enisa Balogun, PLPC, was born and raised in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She provided lay counseling in Bosnia for 14 years before moving to the U.S. to pursue and complete her Masters of Arts in Counseling at Covenant Theological Seminary. Enisa is bilingual in Bosnian and English with experience providing community-based therapy to clients from a wide variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Enisa is a coffee enthusiast and when not working can be found hanging out in coffee shops.#WorldWednesday ...

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