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Glasses and Notebook

About Maite

Maite Salazar is a Philippine-based editor and writer with academic, corporate, literary, and nonprofit experience. Her career includes working as a senior editor for an online education provider, an academic copy editor for a pre-press production vendor, a classroom teacher of literature and creative writing, and a contributing writer for various print and online publications in the Philippines.

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When she’s not working on other people’s words, Maite tries to write her own in between reading books; rewatching favorite series and movies; listening to music; and dabbling in the fiber arts.

Education, Training, and CPD

  • Essential Proofreading (Distinction) (The Publishing Training Centre)

  • Poynter ACES Certificate in Editing (Poynter News University and ACES: The Society for Editing)

  • MFA in Creative Writing

  • BA in Literature

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  • Author Queries (The Publishing Training Centre)

  • The Art of Querying (Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading)

  • Checking Consistency: How to Use PerfectIt for Faster and Better Results (for beginners) (ACES webinar)

  • Editing for Conscious and Inclusive Language (Editorial Freelancers Association)

  • Editing in a Multilingual World (ACES webinar)

  • Enforcing House Styles: Customizing PerfectIt for Advanced Users (ACES webinar)

  • Plain English for Editors (Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading)

  • Sensitivity Reading and Beyond: Empowering Editors to Talk About Conscious Language and Representation (ACES webinar)

  • Unconscious Bias and the Conscientious Editor (ACES webinar)

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