Cecile Lawinska-Skovron
Economist, translator, businesswoman
Born Lima, Peru; came to U.S., 1981; daughter of Aleksander (Lawinski - Niedzwiedzki) and Hilda (Reategui); married Stanislaw Pietruch; children: Ximena, Rafael.
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.) (in economy), 1978, Ph.D. candidate, 1978-81, K. Adamiecki Academy of Economics, Cracow (Poland).
Career: assistant to the president, W. R. Grace Company, and Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Lima; staff auditor, Latin America Department, Bank of Credit and Commerce International, Ltd., Miami (FL); executive assistant, International Department, County National Bank of South Florida, own business, Continental Translations, Miami.
Author: Polacy w Peru, 1992.
Member of: American Culture Center, Warsaw (Poland); Circulo Musical Federico Chopin, Lima; Federacion Peruana de Periodistas; National Association of Business Economists; American Council of Polish Culture (A.C.P.C.); Polish American Congress (P.A.C.); Polish American Club, Miami; Council of International Visitors; National Association of Women Business Owners; American Translators Association, Arlington (VA).
Honors: 1st prize in literature and poetry, Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazon, Lima, 1972; awards, Movimiento Civico Femenino del Peru, Union Americana de Mujeres.
Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Spanish, English, Polish, French.
Hobby: Polish folk art collecting.
Office: Continental Translations, PO. Box 9042, Hollywood, FL 33084.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996