There's never been a better time to be a woman at work. Alice Inoue, Beti Ward, Bettina Mehnert, Catherine Walker, Chris Hause, Kelly Suzuki-Shreve, Noriko Namiki, Sarah Love, Sharon Suzuki & Shelley Wilson

A career in hospitality was practically Sandy Narvaez’s birthright. But even during her time double-majoring in international business and marketing at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and finding relevant work after college, she still didn’t consider that a career in hospitality might be her destiny.

Wong’s passion for place is clear from the moment you meet her, and though she’s lived and traveled all over the world, there’s no doubt she belongs in Hawai‘i.