Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Audrey Kitagawa is a cum laude graduate of the University of Southern California, and a graduate of Boston College Law School. She practiced law in Honolulu for twenty years. At the time of her retirement in 1996, Audrey had a Martindale-Hubbel AV rating, (i.e. highest rating for professional and ethical excellence in the legal profession).

She heads an international spiritual family, is an advisor to the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict at the United Nations, is a member of the international advisory council of the Toda Institute for Peace and Global Policy Research, a member of the Executive Council of the World Commission for Global Consciousness and Spirituality, a member of the National Council of Global Action To Prevent War, Co-Facilitator of the United Religions Initiative Cooperation Circle at the United Nations, a member of the Executive Council of the Spiritual Caucus at the United Nations, a member of the World Wisdom Council, and Co-chair of the Spiritual Council for Global Challenges. She also sits on the boards of the Apeadu Children’s Peace Center in Ghana, and the Vermont Peace Academy.

She has been enstooled into the royal family as the Nekoso Hemaa (i.e. Queen Mother of Development), of Agyamanti in Ghana, West Africa. In August, 2005 a newly constructed school on the royal grounds of Agyamanti was named after her in her African name, the Nana Ode Anyankobea Junior Secondary School.

She has published articles in World Affairs: The Journal Of International Issues, entitled, The Power of Om: Transformation of Consciousness and Practical Spirituality; in 'Vision In Action' Magazine entitled, Globalization And The Common Good, A Call For Ethics And Spirituality, and in its Winter 2005 issue, Armed Conflicts: Mobilizing Advocacy And Action To Prevent The Destruction Of Our Children. A chapter, Crossing World Views, The Power of Perspective in the Hawaii Japanese American Experience, will soon be published in a book about multiculturalism, communication and Asian women. She has written a chapter, Globalization As The Fuel For Religious And Ethnic Conflicts for a journal that will be published as part of the culture, religion and citizenship action research team of the GRAD Project, (i.e. the Globalization, Regionalization and Democratization Project) of the Toda Institute for Peace and Global Policy Research and the University of Hawaii. She has also written a chapter, The U.S. In Foreign Affairs: Source Of Global Security, Or Source Of Global Fear? for a journal that will be published as part of an initiative of the Spark M. Matsunaga Peace Institute and the Toda Institute.

Audrey has been listed in Who's Who Of American Law, Who's Who Of American Women, Who's Who In America, Who's Who In The World, and Prominent People of Hawaii.