The daughter of missionaries, she grew up in Hokkaido, Japan, and completed high school in Japan. After attending one year of college in the U.S., she traveled to Kenya, where she taught at Vigina Secondary School for a year. After graduation, she worked in the Middle East as an English teacher for three years. Fluent in Japanese, Dutch, and English, and conversational in Kiswahili and Arabic, Martha has spent the majority of her life assisting people in navigating and benefiting from intercultural encounters. She lives with her husband Jan Kees and three children in Almere, The Netherlands. ~ martha_magee@live.com