Q. What is your motto or maxim?

A. Your body is your temple and live by your heart.

Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?

A. I'm Japanese-American so people always take a double take. My features are hard to pin down. I've been asked if I'm French, Spanish, Eastern European...you name it. But maybe it's my hair. Remember Breck? I could've been a Breck girl.

Q. What is your greatest achievement?

A. My greatest achievement is in progress. I'd love to get back to you on this one: after my kids are accepted to colleges AND I've managed to save enough to fund their tuitions! But if I can manage to live each day fully, present and aware of my actions and interactions with those around me, then that's the daily work that applies towards a greater whole.

Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?

A. I was raised a musician on multiple instruments, but I so wish that piano came naturally. You can only sweat so much.

Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?

A. People who are inexplicably rude: boy, does that get my goat.