She was a 2020 mentee in the American Literary Translators Association Emerging Translator Mentorship Program, where she was mentored by translator Bill Johnston. Her work has been published in Words Without Borders, the Southern Review, the Georgia Review, and by Greystone, The Experiment and Arctis. While she’s concentrated primarily on contemporary Norwegian prose and nonfiction, Olivia’s ultimate goal is to translate not only Scandinavian literature, but also Sámi–whether that means translating from Northern Sámi, works by Sámi authors (who write in Norwegian or Swedish), or works about Sámi people.