While in high school, I took honors courses and planned to go on to college, but I wasn’t sure what I wanted to study. During my senior, year I needed another credit for graduation, which happened to be an accounting class that I really enjoyed. I had always liked organizing things, and even though math wasn’t my best subject, I decided to major in accounting. If I had known earlier that accounting was going to be my career choice, I would have looked into courses available at the high school’s career center.

When I graduated from West-Oak High School in 1994, I enrolled at Tri-County Technical College because I wanted to save money on college. I earned an Associate Degree in accounting in 1997. I did well in my classes and was hired by Tri-County in August of 1997. While working at Tri-County I had the opportunity to pursue a second Associate Degree.

In 1998, I completed my Associate Degree in Business Management, and I accepted a position at McCall, Sherrill, and Company, where I've been working as a staff accountant ever since. Even though I am satisfied with where I am, I am interested in earning a Bachelor’s Degree and, eventually, a Master’s. I'd like to be a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) some day.