Jemetha Clark Cosgrove, a northern California native from the San Francisco area, graduated from U.C. Berkeley with degrees in Economics and Asian Studies. Jemetha has spent her career in sales and marketing for technology companies in the Software and Internet Communications industries. Prior to traveling she was with Level 3 Communications managing Asia Pacific accounts, based in Tokyo. Currently she runs her own company, The Fifth Sense, an online boutique selling fine home fragrance products. www.TheFifthSense.com
Robert Cosgrove, a native Californian from San Diego, is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley with degrees in Physics and Mathematics. Robert has spent his career in the Financial Services industry working in software development and client services. Prior to traveling he managed Client Services in the Asia Pacific region for a division of Thomson Financial, based out of Tokyo. He is currently employed as a Researcher for Barclays Global Investors in the Cash and Securities Lending Research Department.
Having met at the International House at the University of California, Berkeley, we have always shared a love of travel and experiencing other cultures. In December 2002, after living in Tokyo for two years, we packed up our belongings and moved everything back to storage in California and decided to take the opportunity to live out our dream to travel around the world. It had been years in the making and finally circumstances conspired to propel us on our way - jobless, house-less, car-less, and kid-less, it was now or never.
