Krissa discovered her passion for teaching after volunteering as an English tutor
at a children's orphanage in her former home country, the Philippines. After she and
her family moved to Hawaii, where most of her teaching and tutoring experience is
in higher education, she helped undergraduate and international students at the University
of Hawaii at Hilo with their English and Filipino language skills. While she pursued
her Master of Arts in Second Language Studies, she continued to be a writing tutor
and instructor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. When she is not teaching, she
enjoys traveling, volunteering, reading, and learning languages.