Chika Ravitch

Chika Ravitch is a professional makeup artist and certificated facial

masseuse in Japan. She has a degree in analytical chemistry and wrote

her senior thesis on the effects of lithium on the human body and

mental health. From there, she began working for a Japanese cosmetics

company, VECUA, for years. She was an area manager, which included the

responsibility of overseeing five shops throughout the Kansai region. In

this role she was able to learn a lot about business management and also

about the benefits of Japanese approaches to healthy living.

As an executive at VECUA, she received special training each month

on nutrition, skin biology, the effect of cosmetic ingredients on skin, and

human biology. When she moved to the United States, she immediately

noticed the prevalence of unhealthy processed foods. She decided to

use her knowledge to teach people who want to learn about Japanese

nutrition and cooking how to make traditional homemade Japanese dishes

that are both healthy and delicious, and led to her creation of the blog

Your Home for Homemade Japanese Food.