...When I was 24, I moved to New York City to study education and theater at NYU. I have been a bilingual emcee at numerous Japan festivals in the US as well as a cultural educator/Japanese storyteller at schools, libraries and Disney World. I am also an on-stage Q&A convention interpreter for Japanese actors who were in Godzilla movies as well as Ultraman and Powerranger series. (read more)
...These precursors include pretty much everything from the founding of Rome, through the dark ages, to the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution. I have a B.Sc. in Politics and Economics gained at a UK university and have read widely. I came to classic literature by the unusual route of the UK military where I served on submarines. (read more)