Occupation(s), Career Details
I taught adult education-grocery cashiering and merchandising which included 6th grade math. (This was when all produce had to be weighed at the checkstand with the price being calculated in your head.
On my 1st anniversary as a grocery checker, I was selected "Checker-of-the-Year".
I spent 10 years attending Mt Sac one class at a time at night working during the day. I took every accounting and tax class they had. I worked during the day - cost accounting, annual inventory reconciliation, accounts receivable and payable.
I finally was able to attend University of La Verne's CAPA program and earn my bachelors in 2 yrs going weekends. I was the 1st in my family to graduate from college-I beat my daughter by 3 weeks when she graduated from UCLA.
My degree was in accounting and I used it to open my own business. I was a dealer for an accounting software program, which I sold, installed, trained, and used. I did books for small businesses, income taxes for the same including family personal taxes. I did and helped others with payroll, month end, qtr end, and yr end including printing W-2's and 1099'S. Very enjoyable 20yrs!