I received a PhD degree from the faculty of education at University of Lapland in Finland in 2020. My PhD research focused on minoritized (endangered) language education of two contexts, Indigenous languages in Finland and in Japan. My research interests include (but not limited to), heritage language teaching and learning, identities and emotions of second language learners, Indigenous education, and language policy & planning and language pedagogy. 

I was a recipient of a CIMO scholarship for international mobility in Finland in 2017, Lapland Regional Cultural Fund in 2018 for my research with Sámi communities and teacher development. I also received an annual grant from Foundation of Endangered Language (FEL) in 2019 with a project to develop learning materials for the Yaeyaman language. I am  a member of Ryukyuan Heritage Language Society. I work as a project member for "Preservation and Documentation of Endangered Languages in Japan" funded by National Institute of Japanese Language and Lingusitics (NINJAL) and currently serve as a member of General Council for Endangered Language Project.