Hello there!
My name is (reaaaally long) Ma. Maeda Herrera-Owings. Some kids call me Mrs. Owings, Ms. Owings, Mrs. Mae or Ms. Mae. One student even calls me Ms. Butterfly! 😂😂😂 I am from the Philippines. I first came to Japan in 2013 and worked as an English teacher to Japanese kids (from preschoolers to highschoolers) til 2018. My husband is in the US Navy and he is from Alabama, USA. We met at a church in Sasebo, Nagasaki in 2015. We moved to Okinawa in May 2019 because he got stationed here on Kadena AFB.
I started working at Okinawa Christian School International as a Teacher Assistant for Kindergarten in August of 2018. I love kids (though they can be challenging sometimes, lol), I love teaching, and I love JESUS! So my first job here in Okinawa at OCSI is, what I can say, God's answer to prayer. August 2019 is my first time teaching here. When I am not working, I love playing the guitar and piano, fishing and playing disc golf with my husband; I love drawing and designing; I love dancing and singing, too. I love to do a lot of things :) |