Marina is a WSET Certified Sake Educator and has her Wine and Spirits Diploma with WSET. She has also completed the Sake Scholar Course, Japan Sake and Shochu Academy and has the Advanced Sake Professional title with the Sake Education Council. She is a Certified Specialist in Wine with the Society of Wine Educators. Marina has spent significant time in Japan studying sake production in multiple regions with officials of the National Research Institute of Brewing. Marina is also an EMMY Award winning television director for 7 NEWS at Boston’s WHDH-TV.