PROFILE

Throughout my childhood I loved playing computer games, even as an infant I played a range of games on my dad's Macintosh including WarcraftII, Thinking Things and Myst. Having a mixed ethnic background was not uncommon in my part of London and so this did not make me too different to the others at my mainstream primary school – however I attended Japanese school on the weekends and really got to understand the cultural differences and similarities between Japan and the UK. The highlight of my childhood years was when I sang in the operas Carmen and Tosca... or maybe it was when I got a Playstation for Christmas.

Throughout my teenage years my hobbies included producing music in Logic, singing, and making rudimentary animations and games in Adobe Flash MX. One of my fondest memories of my adolescence is my work experience at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe – I got to know the inner workings of how the company works and most importantly I got to test a plethora of games including PS3 ones before the PS3 was even commercially available. I spent my gap year working in a Japanese mini-supermarket where I honed my Japanese speaking and reading skills, and learned how to prepare many complex Japanese dishes.

Inspired by my rock-musician father I attained a Master’s degree in Music and Sonic Media at The University of Sussex. Since graduating I’ve taught in various schools across London as well as privately. In 2015 I branched out and worked a year in a sales role at a small lead generation firm to get business related experience, further to my expectations this really helped build my confidence, resilience and negotiation skills.

I currently teach lessons in ICT, Music and Mathematics and lead many coding and problem solving activities. I also perform as a singer and entertainer every weekend at a play-centre for very young children and their carers. For the past few years I have been becoming increasingly obsessed with coding and computer science as a whole, and I have been bestowing new knowledge upon the children I work with during the week. I have been coding and designing applications and games for fun in my spare time, and I have been exploring other areas too.