Darren Kawaii teaches social studies at The Henry Street School. Mr. Kawaii has been teaching for seven years in both New York and before that in San Francisco where he was born and raised. As an educator of both modern and ancient civiliations, Mr. Kawaii has traveled throughout Asia, concentrating on China, Japan, and Korea.

Mr. Kawaii received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley and has also studied at the College of San Mateo, San Francisco State University and Yousei University in Seoul, South Korea.