Merissa Braza Ocampo
https://mbrzocampo.wordpress.com/

Fukushima Gakuin University
Japan

Currently, on full-time staff at Fukushima Gakuin University, Dr. Ocampo’s interdisciplinary work combines linguistics and health, looking particularly at the impact of Anxiety, Burnout, and Stress (ABS) on learners and teachers of English as a Foreign Language. Currently,  she is focusing on the effectiveness of self-compassion to cope up with ABS among teachers. Ocampo wrote her Ph.D. on mother and child nutrition and health status. Having direct personal experience guiding family members through the Japanese education system to the tertiary level, her current research explores the Family Environment Mode Approach (FEMA) in language teaching. A naturalized Japanese, Ocampo is also able to draw upon her knowledge of both Japanese and Filipino language and culture to support an intercultural perspective in her work. She is currently developing FEMA more extensively and coordinating a Modular  Storybook project for teaching children,  nutrition, and health concepts in English.