When someone asks his age, Michael Di Stasio sometimes responds that it is the same as the late king of pop, Michael Jackson: "May he rest in peace."
He shares a couple more things with the pop legend, including a first and middle name and a life fatefully intertwined with an enormous love of the performing arts.
Di Stasio is an education specialist with years of experience teaching and facilitating at schools in Australia and Japan, from elementary to university level. In Tokyo, his home of nearly a decade, Di Stasio works tirelessly to promote and implement positive methods to empower young people.