Nancy Ouchida-Howells was awarded the University of California Art Professors' Scholarship and MA Degree with Honours. Her freelance graphic clients include: Mazda Motors, and the Office of Ray and Charles Eames: IBM Exhibition. In England, she is a Fellow of the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society (CLAS), and an approved tutor for both the Society of Scribes and Illuminators and CLAS. She has taught calligraphy since 1969, including five International Calligraphy Conferences in the USA, and in Belgium, Germany, Japan, and the UK. Her work has been commissioned by the UK Craft Council and exhibited in the Klingspor Museum, Germany as well as in France, Japan, the USA, and the UK. For the Japan 2001 festival in the UK, she was invited to hold two one-person exhibitions. Her marriage to David Howells brought her to Sussex, England.