Works
Projects
Sweet Revenge Honolulu - co-creator
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Sweet Revenge Honolulu is the gourmet pie food truck. I co-created with my family. Based out of Kapālama, the bakery features an always rotating seasonal menu and has grown steadily over the years.
VAQSO VR - Marketing Consultant
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VAQSO VR is a device that enables scent in VR. As a consultant, I prepared the company for an exhibition at Tokyo Game Show 2017, created the company’s global community engagement strategy, and crafted the company’s pitch and sales materials.
Appy - co-creator
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Appy is a mood journal chat bot that allows you explain your feelings in a moment. Normal pen and paper mood journals aren’t always convenient, and the delay between an experience and finding time to write can make it difficult to recall emotions and leads to lower compliance rates. With this in mind, we made APPY, a journal capable of natural language processing that could be accessed from your smartphone.
BACKBURNER - co-creator
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Backburner is an Startup Weekend Yokohama Project based on the Zeigarnik effect, the psychological theory that people remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks. Over 3 days, our team of mostly students, developed a system which allows you to study material, but regularly interrupts you in order to increase levels of engagement with the material.
Makers Minds Exquisite Corpse - host
A collaborative muraling experience at Cibiola, the first incubator/coworking space in Chicago’s Southside Neighborhood. We worked with Tapspaces, an NFC technology company and local painters to create a unique art exhibition where visitors could interact with the art.
Awards
Most Impactful Mercari Project - Nominee
English skill development program I worked on and managed was nominated as one of the most impactful project of the quarter. (2020)
Tokyo Cleanweb Hackathon - 1st place
A three-day hackathon to create a product that positively impacts how we engage with the environment. Lead development of “Tsukatte”, a platform matching people with unwanted furniture and bulky items with people who want them, reducing the volume of 粗大ゴミ in Tokyo. (2016)
Internet of Elephants Hackathon - 1st place
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“Sealfie – an app to show people their commonalities with animals. It presents a photo of an animal reflecting your chosen mood, you take a selfie making the animal’s expression and send both to your friends, and you can learn a bit more about the animal or donate to help its cause…” (2015)
KTIS Program - Participant / Designer
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The KAKEHASHI TOMODACHI INOUE SCHOLARS PROGRAM is a unique 10-day youth exchange created in partnership between the Japan Foundation and the US Japan Council to honor the life and legacy of Senator Daniel K. Inouye. I was involved with a program as both a participant and a graphic designer of marketing materials. (2015)