The English Garden

I worked as a homeroom teacher in a Japanese Immersion English Kindergarten before opening my own ESL school in Japan which serves children from 1 through adults. I have 20 years of experience in teaching English. I currently am a full-time lecturer of English at a prominent medical university in Japan. In 2011, I opened my publishing company, The English Garden, and many teachers in Japan and America are using my books and songs. I have also taught ESL children in China and held teacher training seminars throughout Japan and also in Vietnam. I designed an English and Social-Emotional Learning curriculum for ages 4 through 15 for a large company in Vietnam.

I believe learning should be creative and enjoyable. I often employ music, chants, and movement in my lessons because I believe this helps to move new concepts and vocabulary from working memory to long-term memory in a way that is faster and easier. I try to get my students of all ages to use their higher faculties of learning which I call MR PIWI (Memory, Reason, Perception, Intuition, Will, and Imagination).

Who's Who Among American University Students Who's Who Among American Young Professionals TEDx Tokyo Teachers Speaker Featured Speaker and Workshop leader for the national convention of International Training in Communication (Tokyo Disneyland) Japan Language Teachers Association Award (Best of JALT)

I have a Master's of Music (Vocal Performance) B.A. in Music and B.A. in Theater

In my 20s and 30s, I worked as a professional actor/singer/voice-over artist first in Chicago and then in New York City.