Meet the Team Behind TAPA Institute's CPA Review: Dr. Sabine Charles
Behind every CPA review course is a team and a philosophy that shape how the material is built, organized, and taught. At TAPA Institute, that philosophy comes directly from its founder, Dr. Sabine Charles, known to many candidates as “The CPA Doctor,” whose background spans education strategy, leadership development, and professional certification across multiple fields.
Dr. Sabine Charles's Background
Dr. Charles holds twelve professional certifications, including the CIA, CFE, and CISM, reflecting a career built around earning and teaching toward rigorous professional credentials. In addition to founding TAPA Institute, she serves as an Adjunct Professor of Forensic Accounting, Auditing, and IT for Accountants, a combination that brings academic structure together with practical, real-world insight into how these subjects are actually used in professional practice.
How Her Approach Shapes the Materials
This background directly shapes TAPA's CPA review materials. The emphasis on strategic study plans reflects an educator's perspective on how complex material should be sequenced and reinforced, while the inclusion of mindset coaching and test-taking mastery, delivered through tools like guided meditation and active-recall review games, reflects an understanding that exam performance depends on more than content knowledge alone. Under this approach, TAPA reports an exam pass rate above 85 percent among the students it has worked with closely.
Working With TAPA's Team Directly
Candidates who want more direct access to this approach beyond the self-paced course materials can work with TAPA's team through one-on-one CPA tutoring, where the same strategic and mindset-focused philosophy is applied to an individual candidate's specific situation, or through group bootcamps, which bring this instruction to a cohort of candidates working toward the same goal together.
Whether you engage with TAPA through self-paced CPA Study Materials, tutoring, or a bootcamp, the underlying approach remains consistent: combine technical content with strategy and mindset support, built by someone with both the academic credentials and the certification experience to understand what candidates are actually up against. The full course catalog, including all six CPA Evolution sections, is available on the All Courses page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who founded TAPA Institute's CPA review materials?
TAPA Institute was founded by Dr. Sabine Charles, an educator and strategist known as “The CPA Doctor,” who also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Forensic Accounting, Auditing, and IT for Accountants.
What other certifications does Dr. Sabine Charles hold?
Dr. Charles holds twelve professional certifications in total, including the CIA, CFE, and CISM, reflecting experience across internal audit, fraud examination, and information security management in addition to accounting.
Can I work directly with TAPA's instructors through tutoring?
Yes. One-on-one tutoring applies TAPA's strategic and mindset-focused approach to an individual candidate's specific situation, and group bootcamps bring the same instruction to a cohort of candidates.