A San Francisco Bay Area Native born of Polish parents, I have worked, studied, and lived across California, Scotland, and am currently settled in Japan. I am an ALT at a senior high school in Nagasaki Prefecture, and moved to Japan August 2016. It has been a wild ride, and am I am doing my best to learn Japanese with no prior experience, as well as picking up a couple of Japanese arts along the way, including calligraphy and tea ceremony. My passions are promoting cross-culturalisation and internationalisation, and travelling. I live for new experiences, new places, and making new friends.