Mr. Stothers was born in Southampton, but moved to a village near Norwich at a young age, where he grew up. Mr. Stothers has a Bachelor's Degree in Japanese and Russian from the University of Leeds and a CELTA from the Norwich Institute of Language Education. He worked for three years in the public school system in Daegu, South Korea, before coming to Kunming in early 2017, where he continues to work as an English Teacher. His main interest outside of work is travel.