Story Pirates
Kent Morita is an experienced conversation designer currently working at Google as part of the Gemini team, focusing on developing LLM-powered conversational content for the Japanese and Korean markets. Previously, Kent served as the Conversation Design lead for Google Ads Customer Service, aligning best practices for text-based chatbot support. Additional roles include producing the live comedy show DUTY FREE LIVE, contributing as an improv and voice actor with Story Pirates, and working on various conversational AI projects for companies such as Soul Machines and LivePerson. Kent's educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from New York University and training in improv and sketch at Upright Citizen's Brigade.
Story Pirates
Story Pirates is a nationally respected education and media organization founded in 2003 to celebrate the words and ideas of young people. By pairing world-class teachers with first-rate actors and comedians, we offer a variety of tools to make learning more engaging and effective. Dually based in New York and Los Angeles, we are best known for the Idea Storm Program, a master-class writing workshop that brings teaching concepts to life, followed by a musical sketch comedy show featuring stories by students and performed by professional artists. Our acclaimed programs and professional development services for teachers are in place at over 250 schools from coast to coast.