Empowering Skilled Artisans Through Local-Made Initiatives

Between 2019 and 2025, Cocomo independently created and bootstrapped several community-driven “local-made” initiatives, including Big Island Made (which later evolved into Hawaiʻi Crafted) and Eugene Made. These were passion projects inspired by earlier work with Seattle Made and rooted in a genuine love for the maker, creative, and small-business community. Each initiative centered around a […]

Helping a Passion for Seeds Grow into a Full-Time Business

This project was all about helping turn a deep passion for plants, food sovereignty, and conservation into a thriving, values-driven business. I worked closely with Hawaii Island Seed Co. to design and launch a new WordPress website that reflects their mission and complements their existing product packaging through cohesive visual branding—colors, fonts, and logo usage […]

Strengthening Initiatives to Localize Seattle’s Economy

From 2019 to 2025, I worked with Good Business Network of Washington—a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening the local economy—as a contracted developer. I collaborated with the team to build, revamp, and maintain a suite of websites spanning multiple program areas, each with its own audience, content needs, and technical challenges. My work included building the […]

Enhancing Visibility for a Hawaiʻi LGBTQ+ Organization

Working with Equality Hawaiʻi Island was both a professional collaboration and a deeply personal project. At the time, I was living on Hawaiʻi Island and was an active member of the local LGBTQ+ community. Supporting the formation and growth of Equality Hawaiʻi Island meant using my skills to help strengthen visibility, connection, and access to […]