Name: Tiffany McMichael

Nicknames: Tiff, Boots, the girl with the hair, ‘Hey, you…’

Age: 26

Home Away From Home: Tomakomai-shi

School: North Carolina School of the Arts, School of Filmmaking — Strayer University, Marketing

Family: Only child. 3 Kick-Ass parental figures.

Hobbies: The Intertubes, watching cartoons, writing scripts, making movies, taking pictures, horseback riding, ballroom dancing, coming up with compelling last words to say right before I die, Calvin and Hobbes stuff, contact juggling.

Why JET: I like to travel and I need crazy experiences to write about. I love Japanese food. I needed some place cool and relaxing to finish up my graduate thesis.

Why the PC: Turkish Oil Wrestling. Plus they asked me to.