Melissa Uchiyama is a teacher and writer living in Tokyo, raising her clan. She writes at http://melibelleintokyo.com and has appeared in Literary Mama, Kveller, Asian Jewish Life, and in an upcoming anthology through The HerStories Project. Melissa would live in a greenhouse if she could, and would whittle away all money on succulents and seeds, cheese, wine, and good bread. Oh, and good pens.