With over 20 years of diverse financial experience, I've assisted multiple industries, from medical offices and grocery distributors to non-profits and tax professionals.  I started my professional journey by inputting my Aunt's Landscaping business receipts, statements, and hand written invoices into the original QuickBooks using dial up AOL.  It's been a while 😀

But even before QuickBooks, I was helping and learning in my parents Mom and Pop Printing Shop.  I didn't go to daycare.  My brother and I had our own "office" in the shop with toys and tv, but my favorite 'toy' was watching my parents work through the ample windows that surrounded our "office".  Through those windows, I saw the world of business.  Everything from customer interactions, to employee relations, to how fast to answer the phone.  As my mom said, "That phone feeds us".  As I watched I learned so much over the 16 years of growing up in the shop.  It wasn't long before I was helping count the cash drawer, prepare customer orders, and assist with business decisions. 

In College, I decided to be an ichtheologist (study fish).  That didn't last long.  But I had to take an Accounting class and that was my GOLDEN TICKET.  I now knew business was my vocation.  I completed my Bachelor's in Business with a double major in Accounting and Management Information Systems.

But as a military spouse re-testing for my CPA as we moved from state to state wasn't feasible.  So I took small office jobs and volunteered (usually as the Treasurer or Bookkeeper).  We only stayed at a base for 3 or so years before picking up and heading to the next one.  And remote jobs weren't exactly a thing, then!  But those small office jobs and volunteering positions allowed me to use my business and accounting acumen to make a difference.