IVAA Featured VA

All That's Clerical

Carrollton (Dallas), TX

I'm starting my second year.

I worked as an executive administrative assistant for more than two decades and I am also a Certified American Sign Language Interpreter for the Deaf. For the last 15 years, I used both my interpreting and administrative skills.

I married in 1997 and moved from Oklahoma to Texas. After moving to Texas, I did freelance interpreting. However, I soon tired of fighting Dallas traffic and I missed my administrative work. Therefore, All That's Clerical was born. Working from my home office has proved to be ideal.

What is your specialty or niche?

General administrative duties with an emphasis in writing, proofreading, and editing.

I have two: navy and royal purple.

Chocolate. Is there any other?

Progressive Country, Goldie Oldies, and Pop. My two favorite CDs are John Berry (entitled John Berry) and Keith Whitley, Super Hits.

Your all time favorite movie?

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, The Horse Whisperer, Sneakers… Hmmm, anything with Robert Redford basically! I fell in love with the man in 1969 in "Butch," and my love remains strong today!

What is your best advice to other VAs and/or motto you like to do business by?

Clients can ascertain if their VA is genuinely concerned with providing a quality product. Combining the client's imagination with the VA's visionary abilities produces a quality product that exceeds their own expectation and imagination. People who are bound by the status quo and never take a risk will never experience their full potential.

I would like to thank the VAs and IVAA for their support and guidance. My advice to new VAs would be: explore all your marketing possibilities and be a visionary. Never give up!