JP Yates has been in international education since 1998, and has lived in China, Vietnam, and of course Japan (and visited 86 additional countries to work with students). He has served as the head of admissions at several institutions (including Temple University, Japan Campus), and now helps students find their best fit university...no matter where in the world that may be. He is the Director of College Counseling and International Student Services at Seacrest Country Day School (where he also teaches courses on Geek Culture) His children have studied and worked in both the U.S. and Japan as teenagers and have added their own wonderful set of mistakes and missteps to his own for your education and entertainment.