DIRECTOR ASSISTANT, NIGHTLIFE AND CULTURE EDITOR

Veronica Gessa
“Live Life, Have Adventures, Pull Crazy Shit, GET AWAY WITH IT ALL.”

1. What’s heaven in Miami? Spring Break Forever
2. What inspires you? Audrey Hepburn, Rock n Roll, any kind of film.
3. A hidden quality: I have moved over 20 times and am not a friend to stability.
4. Last gift you gave to yourself- A trip to New York City
5. What makes you happy- Movies, Friends, Music, and SUSHI
6. How can you relate to Wasabi? I am a unique girl who isn’t afraid to express herself.
7. If you have the chance to interview someone, who would it be? OBAMA
8. Preferred method of communication: TEXT+Phone calls
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?- Any job with film and art.
10. Where is home? Anywhere my bed is, I have no real concept of a home.
11. Top 5 music wise- Metric, AIR, The Misfits, The Strokes, The Beatles
12. What extreme is most likely to find you: Overload, or not enough? I will always push it to the limit. There is no limit.
13. Favorite quote of someone you admire: “I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.” – Audrey Hepburn
14. Something that you will never wear- open toe strappy shoes, and A symmetrical tops
15. Freedom in your own words: Doing what makes you happy for the rest of your life.

ENGLISH EDITOR

Manny Duran
“We better back up; we don’t have enough road to get up to 88″
Meta-Editor/Meta-Critic/Meta-Photographer/Postmodern Fashionista

1. What’s heaven in Miami? Wherever the person you want to be with is.
2. What inspires you? Prodigy internet, Windows 3.0, and Toe Jam & Earl.
3. A hidden quality: I try to make every night feel like Halloween, it helps me lose my shyness.
4. Last gift you gave to yourself: A bottle of wine and a good book in an empty house.
5. What makes you happy: Soundness of mind.
6. How can you relate to Wasabi? Not many people can handle me.
7. If you have the chance to interview someone, who would it be? Jacques Derrida
8. Preferred method of communication: For formal purposes: Email. Informal: Text messages.
9. What do you want to be when you grow up? Stable. Not the noun, but the adjective rather.
10. Where is home? A place that you can never go back to and rarely catch glimpses of through nostalgia; sauade.
11. Top 5 music wise: Artists: U2, Death Cab for Cutie, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Silvio Rodriguez // I just gotta say, my musical roots are Hip-hop.
12. What extreme is most likely to find you: Overload, or not enough? Meta-overload.
13. Favorite quote of someone you admire: “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads . . .” – Dr. Emmett L. Brown
14. Something that you will never wear: Maybe not Crocs, ew.
15. Freedom in your own words: Escaping the grand master narratives; something that’s impossible. Oh Nietzsche, oh Derrida.

CONTRIBUTERS

Malika James
“I believe in the universe… the horseman will come though and we’ll all ride out to Jupiter”

1. What’s heaven in Miami? Take a vacation by just turning off your phone
2. What inspires you? Some crazy nether land that my imagination elves live in.
3. Hidden Quality: I have social anxiety in certain situations
4. Last gift you gave to yourself: An impromptu trip out of town
5. What makes you happy: A truly innocent and spontaneous day of fun
6. How can you relate to Wasabi?  Wondering how the “normies” can be such complacent ants
7. If you have the chance to interview someone, who would it be? The editor of the former Jane Magazine
8. Preferred method of communication: Text message
9. What do you want to be when you grow up? The owner of a castle
10. Where is home? In my dads warm embrace
11. Top 5 music wise: 70s classic rock, Classical, Life saving music from a man and a guitar: Indie, Disco and dance, Disney and other lovely sing-a-longable songs
12. What extreme is most likely to find you: Overload, or not enough? OVERLOAD sprinkled with underwhelmed
13. Favorite quote of someone you admire: “Its all relative my dear” Watson
14. Something that you will never wear: Christian Audigier
15. Freedom in your own words: Living in your skin how you want unapologetically

Bianca Baez a.k.a Hot Mess
“Why the fuck not?”

1. What’s heaven in Miami? A dive bar, sequin dress that fits like a glove and a jack and coke.
2. What inspires you? Musicals
3. A hidden quality: I can booty dance, really well
4. Last gift you gave to yourself: Zara glitter ballet flats
5. What makes you happy: Discovering new bands and good thrift store finds
6. How can you relate to Wasabi? With sparkles and attitude.
7. If you have the chance to interview someone, who would it be? Patricia Field
8. Preferred method of communication: Call me
9. What do you want to be when you grow up? A mermaid
10. Where is home? Pluto
11. Top 5 music wise: Pavement, Les Savy Fav, St Vincent, The Coathangers, Slow Club
12. What extreme is most likely to find you: Overload, or not enough? Overload, then comes the meltdown
13. Favorite quote of someone you admire: “According to Gur’s theory of boredom, everything that happens in the world today is because of boredom: love, war, inventions, fake fireplaces – ninety-five percent of all that is pure boredom.” Etgar Keret
14. Something that you will never wear: Harem pants
15. Freedom in your own words: My own terms

Jenni Wagoner
“Why ask why?”

1. What’s heaven in Miami? People watching
2. What inspires you? Coloring books
3. Hidden quality: I wanted to be a professional soccer player
4. Last gift you gave to yourself: Time alone
5. What makes you happy: Not watching war coverage
6. How can you relate to Wasabi? I want to inspire.  I want to be inspired.
7. If you have the chance to interview someone, who would it be? Thom Yorke
8. Preferred method of communication: Email email email
9. What do you want to be when you grow up? More aware
10. Where is home? A dirt road, a covered bridge and an easel
11. Top 5 music wise: Radiohead, Janis Joplin, Devon Sproule, Talking Heads, Bob Dylan
12. What extreme is most likely to find you: Overload, or not enough? Overload
13. Favorite quote of someone you admire: “I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring,” David Bowie
14. Something that you will never wear: Never say never!
15. Freedom in your own words: Finding that place that hurts and making it beautiful.

Sophia Akom
“Always Changing, Never the Same”

1. What’s heaven in Miami? With my camera and a pen and something//someone to write on!
2. What inspires you? Right Now? Nebulae
3. Hidden quality: I’m crazy, in the naughtiest and most delightful of ways
4. Last gift you gave to yourself: I can’t talk about that, but I do it all the time
5. What makes you happy: Food
6. How can you relate to Wasabi? I’m very spiiiicy!
7. If you have the chance to interview someone, who would it be? Tavi(the baby blogger
8. Preferred method of communication: FB
9. What do you want to be when you grow up? BIG-er
10. Where is home? Earth, for now
11. Top 5 music wise: Prince, Billy Holiday, Tribe Called Quest(If I pretend that Vivrant thing never happened(wack solo efforts can sometimes tarnish the whole group)), Nina Simone and Sade/Sweetback, The Doors, Portishead, George Michael, 2Pac(not the offensive misogynistic sh*t, so like a 2%-er+ Hit ‘em up)
12. What extreme is most likely to find you: Overload, or not enough? See answer to previous question: Both
13. Favorite quote of someone you admire: “Illusion is the first of all pleasures” Oscar Wilde
14. Something that you will never wear: Shorts(in public)/someone else’s opinion of me
15. Freedom in your own words: MY OWN WORDS

Simonett Pereira
“Envision yourself having achieved your wildest dreams, the rest will follow.”

1. What’s heaven in Miami? Rex fabrics
2. What inspires you? The genius files
3. A hidden quality: I’m allergic to mosquitoes
4. Last gift you gave to yourself: A Nikon DSLR cam’
5. What makes you happy: Style.com
6. How can you relate to Wasabi? I don’t taste like anything else out there
7. If you have the chance to interview someone, who would it be? KARL LAGERFELD!
8. Preferred method of communication: Telepathy
9. What do you want to be when you grow up? Fashion editor
10. Where is home? Where the wild things are
11. Top 5 music wise: Shiny Toy Guns – It became a lie on you, She Wants Revenge – Broken promises for broken hearts, Madonna – She’s not me, Shakira – Antologia, Alanis Morissette – Ironic
12. What extreme is most likely to find you: Overload, or not enough? I’m bipolar
13. Favorite quote of someone you admire: “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” Coco Chanel
14. Something that you will never wear: Anything the entire world seems to be wearing
15. Freedom in your own words: When our minds manifest our own realities, freedom is achieved.

Iris Acevedo
“Dum Spiro Spero…”While I breathe, I hope.”

1. What’s heaven in Miami?ANYWHERE is about philosophy, not geography.
2. Where you get inspiration? Randomness
3. A hidden quality- I love Greek Mythology.
4. Last gift you gave to yourself- Walking into Wasabi.
5. What makes you happy- Hope/inspiration through creation and art-what an ill concept.
6. How can you relate to Wasabi? I create the rules of my life; Wasabi is setting out to be a tangible guide for people with the same notion.
7. If you have the chance to interview someone, who would it be? Someone from the future-I’d like to know if humanity is fucked or if we can make a difference as history.
8. Preferred method of communication: Email, Text message, Phone Call- Depends on my mood and the person.
9. What do you want to be when you grow up? Why would I want to grow up?
10. Where is home? Cliché, but it’s definitely where the heart is.
11. Top 5 music wise- Can’t pick!
12. What extreme is most likely to find you: Overload, or not enough? I can’t get enough and I tend to put people on overload, lol.
13. Favorite quote of someone you admire: “Imagination is more important than knowledge” –Albert Einstein
14. Something that you will never wear- Anything I don’t find essential.
15. Freedom in your own words: I’m Cuban-American, automatically I think “libertad”.