Lives with her partner Gethin Aldous, by whom she has a daughter, Rie.
Has visited Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, Inner Mongolia,
France, Belgium, England and Ireland, Java and Sumatra.
Raised in Sunny Florida.
Worked as an English teacher in Japan.
Studied ballet.
She is a Glendale, Ohio, native from the USA who still has relatives in the Tri-State area.
Her father operated the four TC Peppercorn restaurants in the Tri-State area during the
early 1970s.
Spends 3 1/2 - 4 weeks in each country and travels with 3 to 6 people.
She studied Philosophy in Boston.
Credentials include extensive independent travel in Asia and Europe.