I am Japanese-German-Irish-English and grew up in Asia (Japan & Vietnam) until the fall of Saigon in 1975. I then came to the USA and lived in Oregon, Nebraska (I am related to EVERY Chadd in Lincoln, NE!) and then Delaware, Pennsylvania & Virgina before I settled in New Jersey. After a career in law enforcement (Corrections Office & Municipal Police Officer), I transitioned to higher education and I have been an IT director for a Osteopathic Medical school campus, a director of educational technology and am now Associate Dean of eLearning. My interests are Art, Cooking, Photography and all things Japanese from history to culture, food and the arts.