INSPIRATION:

Armed with a BFA in Metals/Jewelry and an MA in Art Education, I set-out to work in the non-profit world of museum education & arts administration for six years. After the birth of my first son in January 2006, I was looking for an opportunity to mesh my creative talents and entrepeneurial interests with being a new mom...thus, HapaChick was born the following Fall!

BACKGROUND:

The word “Hapa” is a Hawaiian slang word commonly used to describe individuals like myself, who are of mixed racial heritage, usually with partial roots in Asian and/or Pacific Islander ancestry (my father is Japanese and my mother is European). The other half of the name, "Chick" refers to my husband Andrew’s childhood nickname.