After receiving B.F.A. with academic honors in Communication Design from Parsons School of Design in 2000, currently works at Sayuri Studio as a graphic designer, specializing in packaging and web design. Before arriving at US, worked for four years as an editorial designer for art exhibition catalogues at Insho-sha, Tokyo, Japan. Owns B.A. in Graphic Design from Joshi Bijutsu Daigaku/ Women's College of Fine Arts, Kanagawa, Japan. Awards include Art Directors Club, Typo Directors Club and Print Magazine Interactive.