From the age of 10, Eva always wanted to grow up to be an author. But, when it came time for college, she did the practical thing – studied accounting to ensure a steady living. This turned out to be a lot more interesting than expected. Though, when it came to tax classes, Eva felt those were a total waste of time.

Why? The instructors devoted all the precious time to teaching things that always changed – like the exemption amounts, standard deductions, and other things that were printed directly on each year’s forms. They never taught anything useful, like how to use the tax code to pay the least amount of taxes. Since tax law changes every year, this just seemed like too much trouble to learn. Tax was definitely not the field for Eva!

Somehow, during the course of studying for her MBA in International Business, Eva got sidetracked. She accepted a job in the tax department at a national CPA firm. It got merged into Ernst & Ernst. The job was just for a little while, then Eva would move on to her passion, International Marketing. That was over 30 years ago – and she’s still doing taxes!