I have always wanted to help people. I grew up in a big family of 7 kids, so there were always opportunities to learn and to teach. In middle and high school, I would do babysitting jobs for family friends.

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Ever since starting school at the community college, I have enjoyed doing accounting and the numbers aspect of business. In my first accounting class, everything just clicked together. I understood the concepts and knew how everything flowed together. I eventually graduated from Ensign College and went to Brigham Young University-Idaho. I enjoyed accounting even more as the classes became more challenging. I was the one kid always excited to learn new concepts.

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I had always known that I didn't want to work in a big accounting business or a big corporation. I did an internship in a small accounting office and enjoyed it. I learned that I also like doing taxes. The idea of starting my own business had just begun to creep in. I worked in the accounting office for about a year before I moved up to Canada.

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I was preparing to look for another office job when a family friend suggested starting an accounting business. That is when my first bookkeeping firm was born. The goal was to help small startups understand and organize their finances and be ready for tax time.

I had thought you needed to be a special kind of person to run a business and be an even more special kind of person to be an entrepreneur. I went to different networking groups in the community and found out that entrepreneurs come from all walks of life and at different points in their lives.

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Getting to know different entrepreneurs and their businesses has helped me understand there are many strengths different people bring. I want to help people do more than just be compliant with the CRA. I want them to not only understand their numbers but to utilize them to grow their businesses.

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I love accounting, and I love bookkeeping. I love to continue to learn new things and use new technology. I also love helping other people. If I can help another person understand how money works, my life goal has been reached.