{"id":201365,"date":"2024-08-02T16:25:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T02:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=201365"},"modified":"2024-08-07T13:21:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T23:21:05","slug":"uh-alumni-makers-market-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/08\/02\/uh-alumni-makers-market-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaiian Pie Co., Kai Spirits among <abbr>UH<\/abbr> alumni &lsquo;makers&rsquo;"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_80558\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t47x7_XajRI?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Meet the Maker 2024: Andrew Chun Hori (BA &#039;15, Â鶹´«Ã½M\u0101noa)\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>More than two dozen University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> alumni-owned or operated businesses are participating in the 3rd Annual <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Alumni Makers\u2019 Market on August 7. This year\u2019s alumni vendor lineup includes Rainbow Drive-In, La Tour Cafe, Mango Mango, Hawaiian Pie Company, Late Bloomer, Ten Tomorrow, The Lei Stand and many more.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_201370\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201370\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/system-alumni-makers-yoshiyama-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Yoshiyama seated with her art\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-201370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/system-alumni-makers-yoshiyama-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/system-alumni-makers-yoshiyama-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/system-alumni-makers-yoshiyama.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-201370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Yoshiyama (Photo credit: Traci Yoshiyama)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I\u2019m new to the pop-up market space and I\u2019m constantly blown away by what others do. It\u2019s my inspiration. I\u2019m a one-woman business, so being around other creatives and entrepreneurs is what gives me energy to keep doing what I do,&rdquo; said <a href=\"https:\/\/uhalumni.org\/system\/story\/meet-the-maker-2024-traci-yoshiyama\">Traci Yoshiyama<\/a> (<abbr>BEd<\/abbr> &lsquo;07, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa), owner of Late Bloomer. &ldquo;The talent of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Alumni is incredible and I\u2019m just excited to make new connections and see how we can support one another.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Chun Hori (<abbr>BA<\/abbr> &lsquo;15, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa) is the Operations Manager for Hawaiian Pie Company and has been participating in Makers\u2019 Market since the event&#8217;s inception in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Anytime we can support <abbr>UH<\/abbr> and just branch out and meet new people and things like that, I\u2019m game,&rdquo; Hori said.<\/p>\n<h2>Learning journeys<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_201368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201368\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/system-alumni-makers-bender-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Two women raising martini glasses\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-201368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/system-alumni-makers-bender-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/system-alumni-makers-bender-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/system-alumni-makers-bender.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-201368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Bender (right) (Photo credit: Scott Nishi)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some of this years\u2019 makers reflected on their learning journeys and the benefits of a <abbr>UH<\/abbr> education, and their stories and advice are featured on the <a href=\"https:\/\/uhalumni.org\/news\/profiles\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Alumni Association\u2019s website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@uhalumni\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Although my major (accounting) was very challenging for me, the professors were passionate and sincerely dedicated to my success. I appreciate the breadth of experience and backgrounds the Shidler professors came from,&rdquo; said <a href=\"https:\/\/uhalumni.org\/system\/story\/meet-the-maker-2024-amy-bender\">Amy Bender<\/a> (<abbr>BA<\/abbr> &lsquo;15, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa), vice president of Kai Spirits. &ldquo;The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> is simply unparalleled.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eIVfmSm1p8k?si=Ke6p7eBVN02pg5aL\">Nicole Okuna<\/a> (<abbr>MS<\/abbr> &lsquo;08, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa) is the general manager at The Royal Hawaiian, a Luxury Collection Resort in Waik\u012bk\u012b. Since 2022, The Royal Hawaiian has been the venue for the Makers\u2019 Market and a support system for <abbr>UH<\/abbr> alumni vendors.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have quite a few alumni who work here at the hotel,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It makes me very proud to be a graduate of the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>More stories about outstanding <abbr>UH<\/abbr> alumni are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/uhalumni.org\/news\/profiles\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Alumni Association website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> alumni entrepreneurs support and give credit to the university.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,271,319,9,56],"class_list":["post-201365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-alumni","tag-uh-alumni-association","tag-uh-foundation","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201365"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201450,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201365\/revisions\/201450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}