{"id":218794,"date":"2025-07-17T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T00:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=218794"},"modified":"2025-07-17T14:43:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T00:43:00","slug":"uh-alumna-3-local-businesses-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/17\/uh-alumna-3-local-businesses-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<\/abbr> alumna cooks up 3 local businesses, gives back with scholarship"},"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_30702\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PGMJTpJJVpc?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 2025: Tina Wang (BS \u201814, 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>Culinary delights from three brands will accompany Leeward Community College and University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa alumna Tina Wang when she returns to the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Alumni Makers\u2019 Market in August.<\/p>\n<p>As the owner of Tanaka Ramen, MangoMango Dessert and the newly launched Dumpling Factory, Wang is showcasing more businesses than any other alum at the upcoming event.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My favorite part is that I get to see all the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> alumni and what they are doing with their businesses,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;After we all went to the same university, we all do different things and can be successful in different areas which is amazing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/leeward-manoa-alumni-wang-1-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-218853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/leeward-manoa-alumni-wang-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/leeward-manoa-alumni-wang-1-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/leeward-manoa-alumni-wang-1.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>From math to ramen<\/h2>\n<p>Wang earned a bachelor of science in mathematics from <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s College of Natural Sciences in 2014. She was preparing for a <abbr>PhD<\/abbr> with a full scholarship when an unexpected opportunity changed her path. She moved to Chicago to train under a ramen chef named Tanaka, sparking a passion for entrepreneurship and multiple Tanaka Ramens.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We opened in Texas, Chicago and Atlanta, and in 2019 we had the opportunity to take all the AGU Ramen spaces,&rdquo; Wang said. &ldquo;We decided it&#8217;s time to go back to <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, because it has always been my dream to stay in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> after I graduated.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Honoring a promise, giving back<\/h2>\n<p>Wang credits <abbr>UH<\/abbr> with helping launch her journey, and recently established a new scholarship for math students at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our department only had one scholarship when I was there,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;So I promised myself, if I ever had money, I\u2019d give it back. It&#8217;s kind of an encouragement for people to actually appreciate math.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Alumni Makers\u2019 Market 2025 will be held August 6, at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. General admission includes tastings from Wang\u2019s three restaurants and access to other alumni purveyors. Tickets are available now.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I graduated from here. I give away scholarships. We do a lot of giveaways, and I feel like I belong here,&rdquo; Wang said. &ldquo;I want to participate in the Makers\u2019 Market to make people know that we are actually locally owned and that we support our community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_218854\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218854\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/leeward-manoa-alumni-wang.jpg\" alt=\"Two colorful MangoMango desserts, woman holding two plates of dumplings\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-218854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/leeward-manoa-alumni-wang.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/leeward-manoa-alumni-wang-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/leeward-manoa-alumni-wang-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-218854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: MangoMango Dessert, Wang at her newest concept, The Dumpling Factory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A proud <abbr>UH<\/abbr> grad shares three food ventures and a scholarship for math students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":218854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,65,554,9,56],"class_list":["post-218794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-alumni","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-mathematics","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/leeward-manoa-alumni-wang.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218794","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=218794"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218856,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218794\/revisions\/218856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}