Originally from Iowa, Christina grew up in her families furniture business where her father managed the books and store. He taught her from an early age the importance of customer relations and some finance. After college, she then moved to Florida & worked in the hospitality industry for many years prior to becoming an accountant. It was this industry that she gained hands on experience in employee management, human resources, as well as daily operations of financial & administrative responsibilities. Through years of experience, business consulting has been added to her repertoire. During this time, she also became a Licensed 215 Insurance agent in Life, Health and Annuities. When the recession of 2008 hit, Christina continued education at Indian River State College and completed classes in managerial and corporate accounting, tax, and leadership techniques. It was then she began to work for an accounting and tax firm where she became head of the accounting department and Payroll Manager. It was here she gained much experience in local, state and federal tax filing, sales tax, workers compensation reporting & audits, human resources and financial auditing. She is also currently a certified Quick Books professional and offers training.