The Work — Dennis Arvizu | Spanglish Culture

Dennis Arvizu · The Work

Proof of work, not just a description of it.

Four samples spanning bilingual AI content, governed automation, data systems, and bilingual editorial design — the same disciplines behind the Fiverr gig and the enterprise track record on the main bio page.

Client-facing service

Making AI-translated Spanish sound human

Fact

Active Fiverr service — "I will make your AI Spanish translation sound human and natural." Meaning-parity editing for LATAM and U.S. Hispanic registers, not literal proofreading.

  • Repairs robotic AI phrasing, meaning drift, tone mismatch, and regional nuance loss.
  • Tiers from a 2-day / 1,000-word Quick Polish up to full delivery with cross-document terminology control.
  • Applied sample below: a heritage-speaker Spanish storytelling worksheet (Preterite vs. Imperfect), the same kind of material used in the gig gallery.

Try it — live worksheet excerpt

Ayer, yo una audición para un pódcast de narración de historias.

las tres de la tarde y mucho.

Recommendation

For employers: this is the same discipline used in enterprise localization and internal bilingual communication — content that has to be correct and sound like a real person wrote it.

Automation / AI-ops

A governed, evidence-labeled site audit system

Fact

Built a public-evidence-only Squarespace audit pipeline for spanglishculture.com: scripted crawl → SEO/schema extraction → link check → content/performance/accessibility analysis → compiled executive report, closed with an independent QA pass.

Pages audited
31
P0/P1 actions
7
Audience segments
5
Final verdict
PATCH

Try it — click a row to toggle it reviewed

Action itemPriorityEvidenceStatus
Rebuild homepage hierarchy around 3 clear pathsP0FACT + INTERPRETATIONOpen
Add proof, FAQ, and schema to every product pageP0INTERPRETATIONOpen
Install event taxonomy before redesign decisionsP0NOT PROVIDEDOpen
Run Lighthouse mobile/desktop (browser lab data)P1ACCESS LIMITATIONGap
Supply GA4 / Search Console exportsP1NOT PROVIDEDGap
Add internal-link rule: 1 email CTA per articleP1INTERPRETATIONOpen
Route consulting/B2B positioning off SPCP2INTERPRETATIONN/A

Reviewed: 0 / 7

  • Every finding tagged FACT / INTERPRETATION / NOT PROVIDED / ACCESS LIMITATION — no invented analytics or performance numbers.
  • Closed with a FIIA-style governance scan (evidence integrity, reversibility, approval boundary, no-AI counterfactual) before anything was marked usable.
Recommendation

For employers/clients: AI accelerates the audit; a governance layer keeps every claim honest, and nothing ships without explicit approval.

Structured operating knowledge

Data & spreadsheet systems

Fact

Built structured trackers and evidence ledgers supporting content and product operations — including a product tracker, a claim/limitation ledger, and a YouTube/podcast optimization matrix with metadata and claim-risk columns.

Portfolio (Microsoft)
$50M
Food cost cut
15%
KPI attainment
95%
Food waste cut (Google)
40%

Try it — live yield & cost calculator (same logic used in kitchen-costing dashboards)

Mass yield
Est. servings
Cost / serving

Direct-ingredient cost only — labor, packaging, utilities, and waste handling are separate cost pools, flagged INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE until entered. Same True Cost Accounting discipline used for enterprise vendor/waste redesigns.

Interpretation

Enterprise figures are drawn from the published bio on spanglishculture.com; sample spreadsheet structures are available on request under NDA where they contain client or internal data.

Money · Waste · Sabor

Bilingual infographic — Food Date Labels: Quality vs Safety

Fact

Designed a bilingual consumer-education infographic translating California's standardized food-date-label terms (Best if Used By / Use By) into consumer-register Spanish guidance.

  • English terms mirror California's statutory label language; Spanish text is explicitly framed as consumer guidance, not an official legal translation — evidence-labeling discipline applied to design, not just prose.
  • Distinguishes quality signal from safety signal so households waste less food from misread dates.
  • Primary source: California AB 660 (Irwin), effective July 1, 2026 — bans "sell by" labels and mandates "Best If Used By" (quality) and "Use By" (safety) as the only permitted consumer-facing date terms. CDFA source.
Bilingual infographic comparing Best if Used By (quality) and Use By (safety) food date labels, with English terms and Spanish consumer guidance, under the Money Waste Sabor framework.

Applied carbon accounting — real utility data

True Cost Accounting on a PG&E smart meter

Fact

Tracked 15-minute-interval PG&E smart meter data across a 3-month cooking window comparing radiant vs. induction cooktop, then extended the same True Cost Accounting discipline used in food systems to an always-on home WiFi setup — GHG Protocol Scope 2, EPA eGRID CAMX emission factors, full sourcing and confidence levels disclosed.

Cooking energy cut
47.5%
CO₂e avoided (stove)
6.65 kg
CO₂e / yr (WiFi)
24.3 kg
True cost vs. sticker
$1,123 / $960

Try it — live home-energy carbon & cost calculator

Annual kWh
Annual cost
Annual CO₂e

Defaults preloaded from the real WiFi hardware case (Netgear modem + 4 mesh points, ~29W combined). Emission factor default is EPA eGRID 2022 CAMX (California/Mexico subgrid). Try wattage 1500 for an electric stove-top hour, or your own device spec.

Parece apagado porque no hace ruido, pero sigue gastando — it looks off because it makes no noise, but it’s still spending. The core insight of this case study, in the language it first landed in.

  • Full data quality statement published with the article: source, method, GHG scope, and a confidence score for every figure (85% stove data, 65% WiFi spec-sheet estimate pending watt-meter verification).
  • Backed by 40,000+ rows of real 15-minute-interval PG&E AMI export data — not modeled or assumed consumption.
  • Same evidence-labeling discipline as the rest of this page: FACT / INTERPRETATION / WORKING ASSUMPTION / LIMITATION applied to every claim, including the ones that don't flatter the result.
Recommendation

For employers/clients: this is the pattern scaled down to one household — measurement boundary, correct emissions scope, cost vs. carbon vs. percentage kept separate, and a recommendation that's honest about what the data can't yet prove.

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Portfolio sample · draft for review · no claims here exceed what is already published on spanglishculture.com/dennis-arvizu.