Cassie Ordonio
Culture & Arts ReporterCassie Ordonio is the culture and arts reporter for Hawaiʻi Public Radio. She previously worked for Honolulu Civil Beat, covering local government, education, homelessness and affordable housing.
She also reported for San Francisco-based newspapers El Tecolote, 48 Hills, Ingleside Light and Castro Courier.
Cassie, of Filipino and Chamorro descent, was born and raised in California. She graduated from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 2021 with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and Pacific Islands studies.
She was one of 22 fellows for AAJA Voices, a mentorship program that aims to increase diversity in journalism while providing mentors from the Los Angeles Times and ESPN to train them.
When she’s not working, she’s on a desperate search for some good horchata or simply trying to keep her house plants alive.
Contact Cassie at cordonio@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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"(re)Imagining Homelands" will be held at Leeward Theatre at Leeward Community College on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are available for live streaming and in-person attendance. -
An anonymous Maui High School graduate has donated $10 million to the Maui High School Foundation, which will help fund students' pursuit of educational passions. It's the largest gift in the school's history. -
“Shaka: The Story of Aloha” presents multiple stories of how the shaka came to be the gesture with a pinky and a thumb out. -
Taiji Terasaki used augmented reality technology to feature the colors of life in the deep sea and the ocean’s critical role in protecting the planet’s health. -
Jade Pham of Oʻahu and Rory Inouye of Hawaiʻi Island are among the 75 other recipients nationwide who have received the Milken Educator Award so far. -
The operator of a lūʻau in a residential area of Honolulu said he plans to continue his business despite city officials ordering him to stop. At the end of February, the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting gave Karl Veto Baker until March 30 to correct the violation. Baker said he created the lūʻau to bring back representation of Hawaiian culture. HPR's Cassie Ordonio has more. -
For the first time in more than 30 years, the latte stones are making a public appearance at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu. They've lived in the museum for over a century since researchers took the cultural relics from across the Pacific Ocean to expand the museum's collection. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports. -
The free in-person event allows citizens to tour legislative offices and view artwork produced by local artists. The public can ask each lawmaker what's on their walls, from photographs to sculptures. -
The pre-construction of the new building at Helemano Elementary School is slated to begin this year. -
The makers of SPAM have partnered with local artist Kamea Hadar for a limited-edition can that pays homage to Maui residents impacted by the wildfires. It features the yellow hibiscus, Hawaiʻi's state flower, and the lokelani rose, Maui's flower. About 30,000 cases of the special cans will be available only in Hawai‘i. HPR's Cassie Ordonio has more.
