  {"id":191342,"date":"2024-02-06T11:21:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T21:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=191342"},"modified":"2024-03-04T12:11:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T22:11:29","slug":"uh-west-oahu-acm-harper-okamoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/06\/uh-west-oahu-acm-harper-okamoto\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West O\u02bbahu <abbr>ACM<\/abbr> student showcases work globally"},"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><figure id=\"attachment_191385\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191385\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/west-harper-okamoto-1.jpg\" alt=\"woman holding certificate, another woman wearing lei\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/west-harper-okamoto-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/west-harper-okamoto-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/west-harper-okamoto-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-191385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harper Okamoto, left, with  <span aria-label=\"AnelaPomaikaii\">&#699;&#256;nela-P&#333;maikaii<\/span> Mattson. (Photo credit: <abbr>糖心Vlog官方WO<\/abbr> staff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A special limited edition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honolulucookie.com\/\">Honolulu Cookie Company<\/a> tin designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/acmsystem.hawaii.edu\/campus\/uh-west-oahu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/a> student Harper Okamoto will be shared around the world thanks to a unique opportunity created by fellow <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> alumna and Honolulu Cookie Company marketing content specialist <span aria-label=\"Anela-Pomaikai\">&#699;&#256;nela-P&#333;maika&#699;i<\/span> Mattson.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_191386\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191386\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/west-harper-okamoto-design-1.jpg\" alt=\"Harper Okamoto\u02bbs design \" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/west-harper-okamoto-design-1.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/west-harper-okamoto-design-1-108x130.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-191386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harper Okamoto\u2019s winning design, which will be finalized alongside Honolulu Cookie Company\u2019s Product Team.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The collaboration was made possible through a partnership between the company and pro surfer Carissa Moore\u2019s foundation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moorealoha.com\/\">Moore Aloha<\/a>, which aims to help girls and women navigate the waves of mental health, wellness, and womanhood, and create a life of passion, purpose, and positivity.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I\u2019m honored to be able to represent <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> and the <abbr title=\"Academic for Creative Media\">ACM<\/abbr> program through this design, especially one that communicates such an uplifting message and cause,&rdquo; said Okamoto, who is majoring in <a href=\"https:\/\/westoahu.hawaii.edu\/academics\/degrees\/creative-media\/\">creative media<\/a> with a concentration in <a href=\"https:\/\/westoahu.hawaii.edu\/academics\/degrees\/creative-media\/design-and-media\/\">design and media<\/a>. &ldquo;I hope that through this product, people will not only recognize my work as a <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> student, but the efforts and potential of the other talented creatives in the <abbr>ACM<\/abbr> program as well.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mattson, a 2020 graduate played a very significant role in it all.<\/p>\n<p>Mattson said she has always wanted to give back in some way to the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> <abbr>ACM<\/abbr> program. So with the help of her team at Honolulu Cookie Company, they were able to create a packaging design contest with Moore\u2019s non-profit organization.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The intention behind this contest was to provide an opportunity for current <abbr>ACM<\/abbr> students at <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> to challenge themselves creatively and gain experience on what it\u2019s like to work with a local business,&rdquo; Mattson said.<\/p>\n<p>For more visit <em><a href=\"https:\/\/westoahu.hawaii.edu\/kaloinews\/?p=20242\">Ka Puna O <span aria-label=\"Kaloi\">Kalo&#699;i<\/span><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<em>By Zenaida Serrano Arvman<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alumna  <span aria-label=\"AnelaPomaikaii\">&#699;&#256;nela-P&#333;maikaii<\/span>  Mattson worked with her team at Honolulu Cookie Company to create the packaging design contest in partnership with Moore Aloha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[112,90,679,660,59,1626],"class_list":["post-191342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-academy-for-creative-media","tag-alumni","tag-alumni-recognition","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-women-of-uh","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191342","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=191342"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191537,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191342\/revisions\/191537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}