Welcome to another edition of I am AAPC where we explore and learn about the journeys of AAPC members today. I am with Erica Maxie. Erica, how are you? I'm well, Alex. How are you? I am super. Thank you so much. And Erica, Erica, how are you? I am super. Thank you so much. And Erica, you responded to my call for people to share their stories. And I just want to share a little bit of what you wrote. You stated, my coding career started over 20 years ago, and you took a hiatus to homeschool through high school. It was very daunting to bring myself up to speed with all the health care industry changes. However, I pressed on knowing and knew using the AAPC, the online AAPC course practice exams and practic code would be my best chance at passing the CPC exam. Gratefully, I passed the first time and got a coding job in neurosurgery within four months. So with that kind of laying our foundation, Erica, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself. Where are you from? How did you even stumble on medical coding in the first place? Yes. So I'm originally from Chicago but I'm currently living in Atlanta. I have been here about 30 years so very much happy to be living in the great city of Atlanta. So my career in coding started so many years ago. It started about close to 30 years ago, believe it or not. Right out of college, my first job, I was in an allied health, public health major and my first job out of college was teaching at Georgia Medical Institute and I taught coding. It was a part at that point, you know, IDC 9