Born in Japan, she studied architectural technology at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, and went on to design such interiors as the Scarborough Civic Centre (1969), the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library (1973), the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo (1986); the Ismaili Imamat in Ottawa (2012), and the Aga Khan Museum (2014). She has been a part of well over 60 award-winning projects during her time with Moriyama & Teshima.