She is an English teacher at Inagakuen, a public junior high school in Saitama Prefecture, and a Research Fellow at Sophia University. As the head of research, she oversaw developing teaching materials, conducting evaluation research, and planning and organizing teacher training for Global Citizenship Education, and had been involved in curriculum development for Global Citizenship Studies since 2015. As a board member of the NGO DEAR (Development Education Association and Resource center), she is also involved in the promotion of development education. She graduated from Sophia University with a Master’s degree in Education. Her current research focuses on the effects of ESD practices, including global citizenship education, on teachers’ growth and transformation and how schools and other organizations collaborate to promote ESD.