Esther Dacanay has ten years of professional experience in the field of publishing. Currently, she is the chief editor of the Torii Newspaper, a base community newspaper for U.S. Army Garrison Japan. In her past experience, Esther spent four years as a full-time staff writer & Web master for a leading residential & lifestyle magazine, the SAN DIEGAN. Esther spent an additional three years as a freelance writer for the SAN DIEGAN during her four-year tenure as a high school guidance counselor and journalism / yearbook advisor at Horizon Jr. & Sr. High School in San Diego, Calif. She taught her journalism students the fundamentals of journalism, photography and desktop publishing using Adobe InDesign, PageMaker and Photoshop. Under her leadership, students who had no previous experience in any of the fields above produced a quality 256-page yearbook which received numerous awards at San Diego's Del Mar Fair. Esther first began her career in journalism as a features writer for Viewpoints newspaper in Riverside, Calif. and later continued her work as a reporter for The Daily Aztec. Esther completed a bachelor's degree in Journalism with an emphasis in Single Subject Teaching from San Diego State University. In addition, Esther completed a teacher education program at Southern California Christian College and currently holds a valid teaching credential from the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Furthermore, she holds a valid pupil personnel services credential from the CCTC, which she earned shortly after completing a Master's degree in Educational and Guidance Counseling from Azusa Pacific University. Esther's travels include: Japan, S. Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, the Philippines, B.C. Canada, Baja California and various regions throughout the U.S.