Life In Accounting - The Where Accountants Go Podcast

Mariette Martinez, an EA (Enrolled Agent) from the Los Angeles area, joined us for this episode of Life In Accounting, the Where Accountants Go podcast! Runs In The Family… Mariette’s initial interest in becoming an accountant stemmed from her family legacy of entrepreneurship.  Through constantly being around her family of entrepreneurs, she realized how important becoming knowledgeable in finance and accounting was to a business owner.  Because of this, although none of her family were accountants by trade, she decided to pursue accounting as a career choice at an early age. Building a Career Like many do, Mariette worked for an accounting firm during her time in college and gained wonderful experience.  After college, she was recruited into one of the national accounting firms and continued to grow professionally.  Becoming a mom changed her life though, and she decided to start her own business instead of continue down the corporate path.  She worked hard to build her own accounting practice, and in a ver