Always following my passion for innovative ideas and their expression, I hold a master's in Japanese language and literature from the University of Kansas, where I taught survey courses of East Asian cultural history and translated academic works for republication in English. 

I generated business activity reports and translated business documents as well as tax records for the KU Trade War Lab. At the University of Tennessee, I managed student accommodation compliance and optimized payroll processing for the Student Disabilities Services Center.

Outside of work, you can find me hiking the Appalachian mountains or grooving with small jazz ensembles. If you stick around long enough, I just might drag you to the kitchen to try one of my Asian fusion experiments.