She was born and raised in Japan until age 8, when she moved to New York City. Her parents returned to Japan when she was 16, and they now live in Kasama, about 90 miles south of Fukushima. She is working on her first feature-length documentary, Kasama-Yaki (Made in Kasama) about the lives of her parents after the disaster. Since the earthquake and tsunami, she has visited Japan twice -- once in June, and again in December.