# How Medical Coding & Transcription Shaped CareerWize President Andrea Anaya’s Life

Mar 11

Written By [Shirsten Shirts](/content/video-library?author=5aeb59a7cd99af8b4de7e83d/index.html)

As a teenager, Andrea’s mother taught her how to practice medical transcription at home. This allowed her to take well-paying jobs as a transcriptionist throughout high school and college.

Then, as a young mother, Andrea wanted to share her knowledge. She wrote an at-home training program to help other women learn the skill that altered the course of her life. That program grew to become a business that trained over 100,000 people in the field of medical coding and transcription.

Andrea loves medical transcription and coding. It changed her life. This is her story.

**Learn more in the videos below!**