Research Assistant with the Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Hold a M.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown SFS and B.A. in Japanese, Anthropology, and International Relations from Pacific University. Previously conducted research on sustainable and urban development as well as immigration policy for the City of Sapporo. Currently research Indo-Pacific disinformation, the U.S.-Japan alliance, and Japanese ODA. Interested in branching out to international economic issues.