Hong Ta (she/her) is a food + culture writer born and raised in Seattle, Washington. She is currently a graduate student at the Columbia School of Journalism.

Previously, she has been a news producer-in-residence at KING 5, the NBC news affiliate and intern at KING 5 Evening. She works at the Southeast Seattle Education Coalition as the marketing and communications coordinator.

She produces the Greater We Ascend podcast at the University of Puget Sound.

She is trilingual and triliterate in Spanish, Vietnamese, and English. She graduated with honors from the University of Puget Sound with a B.A. in Politics and Government, with an emphasis in U.S. Politics, as well as Spanish Literature Language and Culture.

She is also digital content creator on Tiktok @hungryhong and Instagram @pocahongta.