Jodie Eckard has been doing closed captioning and CART for 15 years.  After two years of being an employee for a closed captioning company, she became an independent contractor.  She's done news coverage, political coverage, classroom CART, and on-site captions for conferences and concerts.  She has been certified as a real-time captioner since 2010.  She has two daughters and resides in Ankeny, Iowa.  In her spare time, you'll find her with plants or animals.