“I work seven days a week and I love it,” she said last week while setting up to transcribe the proceedings of the Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission. The Long Island, N.Y., native studied at the New York School of Court Reporting, where graduation is based on being able to transcribe 225 words a minute with 95 percent accuracy. “Most people take three years to finish, but I did it in two,” said Tropia. With her certificate in hand and a desire to leave cold winters, she moved in 1995 to Jacksonville and....MORE
