Kyra Pahlen built a career in media working with such luminaries as Walter Cronkite and Pierre Salinger. She resided in Japan for several years and authored a novel and several scripts. She speaks five languages and this was an inspiration for her to launch LingoZing, which leverages comic book content to teach languages, as this was how she learned Italian. She was on the verge of a partnership with Stan Lee, but unfortunately, he passed away prior to it being formalized.