April 2021-present
Masami is originally from Japan, but has an interesting upbringing. Her parents’ business took her to Singapore at the age of three, Germany at eight, China at eleven and the United Kingdom at fourteen. After obtaining a Bsc(econ) in European Union Studies with German language from Cardiff University in Wales, she landed her first graduate job in insurance in Bristol, England. At 24, she finally returned to Japan to retrace her heritage and master the Japanese language. As soon as she set foot in Japan, she was determined to be fluent in Japanese. Three years later, she passed the highest level of the JLPT. She first found her passion in teaching after teaching English in a high school in Germany as a Teaching Assistant during her year abroad, which encouraged her to dedicate the majority of her career to teaching English as a foreign language. Her general philosophy towards languages is that it is a powerful communication tool to better understand each other and through better communication are we able to have a tolerant society. She obtained the national license to work as a nursery school teacher in July 2024 and still strives for knowledge. She therefore enjoys learning new languages in her free time and travel the world to expand her knowledge of various cultures.
