I come from Solon, Ohio, which is a suburb of Cleveland. Solon is smaller
than Kyotanabe - only about 22, 000 people live in my town. My parents
moved to Solon about five years before I was born, but when I was three,
my dad's company transferred him to Australia! So we lived in Melbourne
until I was six. Then we moved back to Solon, and I lived there until I
graduated from high school. After that, I moved to Springfield, Ohio so
I could start my college education at Wittenberg University. I lived in
Springfield for my first two years of college, but then during my third
year, decided to study abroad. First, I spent three months living in Shanghai,
China. Then I came to Japan for four months, and took classes at Nanzan
University while living in Nagoya. After that, I went back to Australia
- but to Sydney, this time! Finally I moved back to America so that I could
graduate from Wittenberg University. And now, I live in Kyotanabe!