She currently teaches yoga and tanka at Gardena Japanese Cultural Center. She was born in 1948, East Los Angeles, Boyle Heights, CA. Widely published in international tanka journals and is a poet/columnist for the Rafu Shimpo. She has published 3 books of poetry. Enter the Stream, Storyteller, and Colorful Lives. She enjoys traveling the world but likes best to stay home with her family of dogs, cats, husband Hideki, nieces, nephews, and grandchildren.