In a career spanning over 15 years in education and four different countries, Juan Felipe has taught classes at all levels, in public and private schools, and to students of all ages, nationalities and backgrounds. After receiving his Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies from University of Washington, he started doing comparative work between Japanese and Latin American art, which earned him a scholarship to spend a year in Yokohama, Japan, and inspired him to pursue a graduate degree in Japanese Literature. Juan Felipe is also an accomplished translator of classical Japanese poetry. In 2021, he published a Spanish edition of the Hyakunin Isshu, one of the most prominent collections of classical Japanese poetry, and is currently working on the first-ever English translation of Matsuo Basho’s Sumidawara. During his time in Japan, he also created content for an app focused on the history of Tokyo during the Edo period, when the country’s capital moved permanently from Kyoto.