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.