I am an American, originally from New York City, but grew up in Los Angeles and lived in San Francisco for ten years before moving to Hawaii and then due East! I have lived and worked in the US in Hawaii and Asian countries including Japan, Korea, Singapore, China and Thailand. I have had the pleasure or working with many fine organizations such as University of Hawaii, Tokai University, Japan-American Institute of Management Science, Sumitomo Industries, Canadian International School, Singapore, including eight years teaching Business English online for Pearson Education/Global English.