Credentials include extensive independent travel in Asia and Europe.
Has visited Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, Inner Mongolia, France, Belgium, England and Ireland, Java and Sumatra.
Lives with her partner Gethin Aldous, by whom she has a daughter, Rie.
Raised in Sunny Florida.
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.
She studied Philosophy in Boston.
Spends 3 1/2 - 4 weeks in each country and travels with 3 to 6 people.
Studied ballet.
Was a social worker on MSNBC's "The News on CNBC" (1996).
Worked as an English teacher in Japan.