Career
She represented her country at two consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 1996. She was born in Shinjuku, Tokyo to a Japanese mother and a Jamaican-American father. She grew up in Sacramento.
She has personal bests of 13.00 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (2000) and 8.12 seconds in the indoor 60 metres hurdles (1999).
Both are current national records. She is the head coach for sprints, hurdles and relays for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Rebels at the University of Las Vegas.