graduated from grammar school in Handa, Japan, and moved back to the States at the age of 14

spent my adolescence (age 14-18) in a nice quiet city called Chesapeake, VA, USA

entered a fashion design technical school called Nagoya Mode Gakuen, located in Nagoya, Japan--
this is where I acquired my knoweledge of designing techniques: making patterns, dying fabrics, cutting, and sewing
>>> Graduation Project

participated in my first fashion show -- Underground which took place at a livehouse; I designed and made five outfits under the theme Cute & girly out of traditional japanese paper and tissue

concieved and produced three fashion shows under the title Genesis: a fashion organism
this was an organization to promote the creative work of amateur designers, digital artists, visual artists, and musicians and open it to the
public

Genesis --- the first of the series expressed the erotic relationship between Nature and human beings

Exodus --- my second show addressed internal strength, as well as sameness and empathy of humanity

Leviticus --- the third show visualized our small and interconected but significant human lives in the gigantic, beautiful Cosmos