There are concerts you attend, and then there are concerts you experience. Ye Live at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome was the latter. For a Kanye West fan, photographer, and concert enthusiast, the decision to make the trip wasn’t particularly complicated. It was last minute—almost ridiculously so. A flight from San Antonio to New Orleans, a hotel booked just days before the show, and barely enough time to process the fact that I was actually going.

For Elsie Rayon-Chavero, refusing to stay in one lane isn’t just a career strategy—it’s a way of life. Born in Mexico City and raised in New Orleans from the age of eight, she learned early how to adapt, overcome challenges, and find opportunity in unfamiliar territory. Those lessons would eventually take her from grassroots soccer and community coaching to media, communications, event production, executive leadership, and now the launch of NOLA Wolves FC.

Every era has its records. Every generation has its moments. And every once in a while, there's somebody behind the music who was there before the moment, inside the moment and still making noise long after it passed. Bret “Epic” Mazur is that guy.