Sandra Trca (Trca)

Sandra Trca-Black of Alloy Virtual Assistance returned home with three honors from the AssistU Community Recognition Awards held recently in Minneapolis. Voted both Virtual Assistant (VA) of the Year and Most Supportive Community Member by her peers, Trca-Black was also named Top Portal Poster for her contributions to the online community. This was her second consecutive year as Top Portal Poster. “Sandra exemplifies what our community, and what Virtual Assistance, are all about,” said Stacy Brice, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Baltimore, Maryland based AssistU. Virtual assistance is a relatively new profession, combining the latest in online and administrative technologies with across-the-board administrative and personal support for small business owners, professionals, and busy individuals. Location of neither VA nor client matters. Virtual assistance was formalized as a profession by Brice. Assisting clients in an off-location capacity since the mid-1980’s, interest grew in her services and the demand for virtual assistance grew. She responded by creating a professional training program, AssistU, in 1997. Over 600 students have graduated from the program. More information is available at www.assistu.com. Trca-Black, a 2005 graduate of AssistU, had nearly ten years of administrative experience before founding Alloy Virtual Assistance that year. Her clients have included businesses close to home as well as on both coasts. Based in her home office in rural Iowa, she is connected to her clients by phone, fax, email, and the Internet. Clients’ professions have included life coach, spiritual director, direct-sales consultant, orchard owner, writing coach and educator, and bookkeeper. More information is available at www.alloyva.com.