About Me.
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Gisele Marasca-Vargas is the former co-owner of Creative Angle Media, a graphic design and publishing company, and co-publisher of Ahora/Now Orlando Magazine, a semi-annual bilingual magazine that showcased Orlando’s Hispanic community and was published for seven years (from 2003 to 2010). Gisele also contributed articles and commentary columns to the magazine.
Ahora/Now Orlando Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ahora.orlando OTHER PUBLISHED WORKS BOOKS - PRINT & PDF: - PASSIONATE & PROUD POEMS 2025; Written and designed by Gisele Marasca; published by Passionate & Proud Publishing Drawing on her empath's sensitivity, impassioned voice and a commitment to authenticity, Gisele Marasca crafts poems that resonate with emotional clarity and bold truths, moving fluidly between vulnerability and strength. Each piece is a lovingly shaped reflection on identity, belonging, and empowerment-an intimate celebration of living fully and without apology. "Introspection, love and loss, the environment, spiritual awareness and being, observations of life, Gisele Marasca layers imagery with perspective, what is significant with the insignificant. She gives us sketches of herself and the world around her in a honest and clear expression—the pain and the joy, but leaving one with a hopeful heart. Reflecting on the entire book, I think her honesty can be hard to read at times, but in a very good way—moving the reader. She says, 'I Know Your Heart.' I believe you will sense that she does, and you will know hers; this a worthy read." --Mark Andrew James Terry, editor for Of Poets & Poetry and President of Florida State Poets Association VIEW / BUY PRINT BOOK (AMAZON.COM) VIEW / BUY E-BOOK PDF - GUIDED IMAGERY/HYPNOTHERAPY FOR HEALTHCARE: We Can Make a Difference 2024; Written/edited by Linda Bennett and Gisele Marasca-Vargas; designed by Gisele Marasca-Vargas Guided Imagery/Hypnotherapy for Healthcare: We Can Make a Difference is co-authored by Linda Bennett and Gisele Marasca-Vargas. With a foreword by Robert Otto, President and CEO of IMDHA and IACT, it explains what Guided Imagery/Hypnotherapy is and is not; shares stats & research about Guided Imagery/Hypnotherapy; describes a volunteer pilot program implemented in a large hospital chain in the Phoenix, AZ area (along with testimonials, study result charts, etc); and provides information about how to implement a successful Guided Imagery/Hypnotherapy volunteer program. According to Dan Dziadura, the volunteer program co-creator, “this book is a great tool for re-integrating mind and body to create a new paradigm for Western healthcare." VIEW / BUY PRINT BOOK (AMAZON.COM) VIEW / BUY PRINT BOOK (LULU.COM) VIEW / BUY E-BOOK PDF - IACT | IMDHA 2020 Script Writing Contest eBook * Published by IMDHA - International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association and IAPH - International Alliance of Professional Hypnotists * Includes four hypnotherapy scripts by Gisele Marasca-Vargas VIEW / BUY E-BOOK PDF - POETS UNLEASHED: An Anthology 2001; compiled by Ron Cross This book features 7 poems by Gisele, who also designed the book cover and book illustrations VIEW / BUY PRINT BOOK ARTICLES FOR NATURAL AWAKENINGS - CENTRAL FLORIDA/ORLANDO EDITION: Natural Awakenings CF - April 2016 Cover Illustration Cover Artist: pg. 10 Cover Article: Coloring Books for Adults: Really? Yes, Really…, pg. 17 Natural Awakenings CF - June 2016 Article: Antidepressants vs. Placebo: And The Winner Is…; pgs. 26-27 Natural Awakenings CF - September 2016 Article: Animal Companions - Pet Therapy Offers Many Benefits; pgs. 32-33 BLOGS The Healers Home - Gisele's Blog The Functional Perfectionist Blog The Healers Home Blog Spot Gi's Critters Blog CURRENT PROJECT - Hypnotherapy for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Hypnotherapy for the Highly Sensitive/Neurodivergent Child EDUCATION University of São Paulo: BA in English and Portuguese Languages and Literature Florida Metropolitan University System: AS in Commercial Art SWIHA - Southwest Institute of Healing Arts: AS in Holistic Healthcare EXPERIENCE / SKILLS
Writing + Blogging + Graphic Design + Publishing + Teaching AWARDS / RECOGNITION
Ahora/Now Orlando Magazine: - 2004 Don Quijote Awards for Hispanic Business of the Year (Presented by the HCCMO - Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando) - 2004 Charlie Award for General Excellence: Best Bilingual Magazine (1st Place) - 2004 Charlie Award for General Excellence: Best New Magazine (2nd Place) (Presented by the FLMA - Florida Magazine Association) Poetry: - Winner of the Video Poetry Reading Award for the poem A Wish (Presented by the Deland Museum of Art 2023 Poetic Visions poetry contest) - Winner of the following 2024 FSPA Awards: • North Florida Poetry Hub Award - 2nd Place for the poem In The End • In Your Own Voice Award - 1st Honorable Mention for the poem Dark Moment |
