Name: Kate Allison

Other Nicknames Include: Kei-to, Texas, Lonestar, Big Tex, “That loud drunk girl over there” (I suppose that’s more like a title, really)

Age: 26

Hometown: Houston, Texas, USA

Home Away From Home: Kuriyama-cho (about an hour East of Sapporo)

School: St. John’s College, majoring in Philosophy and Mathematics

Family: Younger Sister, Mom, Dad…cats…

Hobbies: Reading good books, watching gangster movies, listening to loud music, terrorizing my neighbors by being…well…foreign, rafting (when available), and watching the TV show with the dog and the monkey (Pan-kun and James rock!).

Why JET? An opportunity to do something different for a few years (well, at this point…more than a few). Besides, where else in the world am I going to get to achieve movie star status without so much as an audition?

Why the PC? Saying the “kanpai” at meetings is the highlight of my year