Hiko Mitsuzuka is a Mashable Perspectives contributor. He's a Clio and Emmy Award-winning writer who grew up on a steady diet of primetime soaps and ‘80s slasher films. He resides in Los Angeles, where he recently served as a marketing creative at Known Global. Hiko's work as a pop culture critic, travel journalist, and essayist has appeared in Bello Mag, Instinct, HuffPost, Medium, Hotter in Hollywood, and The Humber Literary Review. He is currently working on his debut thriller novel The Final Boy. For more information, visit his website: https://www.hikomitsuzuka.com.

John Hoyos is a Mashable Perspectives contributor. He's a Hispanic-American film and television producer who's managed and edited top-tier animated productions, including Family Guy, King of the Hill, and Hellboy. He was the post production supervisor for Starz Media for 7 years, where he worked on shows like The Simpsons, Dante's Inferno, and Dead Space Downfall. He's always on the lookout for new and innovative ways to tell stories. Learn more about John at https://www.johnhoyos.com.

Jonathan D. Fitzgerald ("Fitz") is a Mashable Perspectives contributor, as well as an associate professor of English and the coordinator of the professional writing concentration at Salem State University. He is the author of How the News Feels: The Empathic Power of Literary Journalists. His articles and essays have been published in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and elsewhere. Fitz holds a Ph.D. in English from Northeastern University. For more information, visit https://jonathandfitzgerald.com.

Better known as DJ Paz, Shaun Vakil is a Mashable Perspectives Contributor, DJ, and creative professional of over 20 years. As a musician, his longstanding partnership with Tao Group has allowed him to DJ at venues like the Electric Room, Little Sister, Marquee, PH-D and Tao. He's also worked with companies like Google, LinkedIn, Genesis Motors, Hublot, Red Bull and others.

Vee Weir is a Mashable Perspectives contributor writing about personal finance and entrepreneurship. Her main focus and mission is to challenge common money myths, dismantle barriers preventing access to financial information, and examine how capitalism negatively impacts the working class. She is currently an AFC® candidate. When she's not online, she spends her time hiking with her partner and three dogs in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.