Meet Your Tutor
Japanese Teaching Credentials:
30 years of in-person and online Japanese language tutoring and consulting-high school, college, and professional levels.
BA Japanese Language, Linguistics and Intercultural Communication, Bilingual University ICU, Tokyo Japan, Waseda University and The University of Michigan
Member of American Association of Teachers of Japanese
Attended high school, college, lived and worked in Japan for many years.
Co-director and Instructor, The Harvard University East Asian k-12 Teaching Program at The Boston Childrens Museum. Instructor and consultant for The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Omotesenke School of Tea, The New England Program for Teaching About Japan, The Asia Society.
ESL English Tutoring Credentials:
30 years of ESL teaching experience in private and group classes, in-person and online.
TEFL Certified Native Speaker American English
25 year career in cross border finance, Tokyo, Honolulu, New York, Boston, Los Angeles
Advanced Japanese/Native English Credentialed Educator
Member of The English Speaking Society
Clients include senior executives and professionals from companies including
Daiwa Securities, Konica Minolta, C. Itoh & Co., Oki Electric, Toshiba, Prudential, Hanwha Q Cells, CJ Foods-Samsung
Cross-border Japanese HNW Client Advisor, Prudential, American Savings Bank, Daiwa Securities and other top tier cross-border organizations.
Laura Ashe
TEFL Certified,
BA Japanese