Meet Your Tutor

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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.

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Laura Ashe

TEFL Certified,
BA Japanese