Lauren Matsumoto

Matsumoto was born Lauren Kealohilani Cheape and raised in Mililani on O'ahu, where she attended Mililani Waena Elementary, was a member of the first class to attend Mililani Middle School, and graduated from Mililani High School.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} She participated in many activities, including the jump rope team, volleyball, swimming, water polo, and the symphonic ensemble.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}

Cheape graduated from University of Hawaiʻi Academy for Creative Media with a B.A. in film production and minored in both Business and Japanese. Her first experience with the legislature was with her documentary, Farm Grown, which helped pass the Feed Subsidy Bill. Cheape was a four-year Division I scholar-athlete at the University of Hawaiʻi as a Wahine Water Polo player.{{Cite web|url=http://hawaiiathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9486&path=wwp|title=Lauren Cheape – Women's Water Polo|website=University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Athletics|language=en|access-date=2019-04-06}} She was also a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and initiated the C.A.R.E. (Collegiate Athletes Reaching Everyone) program, which uses student-athletes to encourage youth to excel in academics and participate in athletics. Cheape earned an MBA from Hawaii Pacific University in May 2015.

In July 2013, Cheape married Scott Matsumoto, a firefighter for the Honolulu Fire Department, and changed her name to Lauren Matsumoto. The pair met at their church, One Love, where they are active members. Their first child, Noah, was born in August 2017.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}

Matsumoto competed at Miss Hawaii 2011 as Miss East Oahu. Her talent was a jump rope routine, which she took up after seeing a jump rope team perform at her school.{{cite news|title=Miss Hawaii contestant profile: Lauren Cheape, Miss East Oahu|url=http://www.khon2.com/mostpopular/story/Miss-Hawaii-contestant-profile-Lauren-Cheape-Miss/q2QvRVpCQE-Vd2KQ27qj9Q.cspx|publisher=KHON 2|date=May 29, 2011}} Her platform is C.A.R.E.: Collegiate Athletes Reaching Everyone.{{cite news|title=Miss East Oahu Page of Miss Hawaii 2011 Program Book|url=http://www.hidili.com/missHawaiiOrganization/missHawaiiProgram/|publisher=Miss Hawaii Organization|access-date=June 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725092622/http://www.hidili.com/missHawaiiOrganization/missHawaiiProgram/|archive-date=July 25, 2011|url-status=dead}} She won the Miss Hawaii title on her fourth try. She represented Hawaii at the National Sweetheart 2010 pageant, a spot she earned by placing 2nd runner-up to Miss Hawaii 2010.{{cite news|title=National Sweetheart|url=http://www.pageantopolis.com/national/national_sweetheart.htm|publisher=Pageantopolis|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722134057/http://www.pageantopolis.com/national/national_sweetheart.htm|archive-date=July 22, 2015|df=mdy-all}} She was named a Quality of Life Finalist and won the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Award for most money raised in the country, which benefited Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, at the Miss America 2012 pageant.{{cite news|title=2012 Miss America photos: IHOP breakfast, Quality of Life finalists|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jan/06/2012-miss-america-photos-ihop-breakfast-quality-li/|publisher=Las Vegas Sun|date=January 6, 2012}}

Matsumoto ran a successful campaign for election in 2012 to the newly formed District 45 of the Hawaii State House on Oahu, Hawaii. District 45 comprises Matsumoto's hometown of Mililani as well as Schofield, Wheeler, Mokuleia, and Waialua. She ran unopposed in the primaries as a Republican candidate.

Matsumoto campaigned on expanding local agriculture, strengthening education, improving the local economy, and advocating for responsible environmental policies.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}

Matsumoto was hospitalized with occupational burnout for two weeks during her first term in office.{{Cite web|url=https://www.governing.com/23-percent-podcast/gov-lauren-matsumoto-hawaii.html|title=A Cautionary Tale for the Newly Elected|last=Quinn|first=Mattie|date=December 11, 2018|website=www.governing.com|language=en|access-date=2019-04-06}}

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.laurenforhawaii.com/ Campaign website]
• [https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/memberpage.aspx?member=matsumoto Official legislative website]
• Official Website – www.RepMatsumoto.com

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