Wanda & Desiree

Wanda & Desiree
Team Profile
Born:	(1981-12-13) December 13, 1981 (Desiree)
Hometown:	Smyrna, Georgia (Wanda) New York City, New York (Desiree)
Relation:	Mother/daughter
Occupation:	Corporate trainer (Wanda) Writer (Desiree)
Legs Competed:	3
Legs Won:	0
Placement:	9th
Average Position:	6.00
RoadblockCount:	Wanda: 1 Desiree: 2
CountriesRaced:

Wanda Lopez-Rochford and Desiree Cifre are a Mother/Daughter team on The Amazing Race 9.

Wanda & Desiree started the race strongly, though critically got lost along with Danielle & Dani while driving in Germany. The childhood friends finished ahead of the mother-daughter team at a luck-based Roadblock, giving them just enough of a lead that Wanda & Desiree were not able to overcome, eliminating them in 9th place.

Profile

Retrieved from CBS.com

Wanda & Desiree are a mother and daughter Team with a close-knit bond. Both women have a great sense of humor and enjoy shopping, traveling and cooking.

Wanda, a corporate trainer, is married and lives in Smyrna, Georgia. Fluent in Spanish, Wanda has previously lived in New York and Puerto Rico. One of the accomplishments for which Wanda is most proud is earning two college degrees while raising her daughter. More recently, Wanda was able to share in the excitement of watching Desiree graduate from NYU.

Desiree resides in New York City where she works as a writer. Currently in a steady relationship, she describes herself as passionate and artistic. An only child, her biggest pet peeve about her mother is that she tends to be overprotective.

Although they are definitely playing to win, Wanda & Desiree also hope to expand their knowledge of different cultures while seeing the world on THE AMAZING RACE.

The Amazing Race 9

Race History

Wanda & Desiree's Race History
Episode	Leg	Destination(s)	Detour Choice (underlined)	Roadblock Performer	Placement	Notes
1	1	United States → Brazil	Motor Head / Rotor Head	No Roadblock	3 of 11
2	2	Brazil	Press It / Climb It	Desiree	6 of 10
3	3	Brazil → Russia → Germany	Scrub / Scour	Wanda	7 of 9	[1]
4			Break It / Slap It	Desiree	9 of 9
				Average	6.00
Legend:      The team finished in first place      The team finished in last place and was eliminated from the race      The team finished in last place in a non-elimination leg      The team that won The Amazing Race      The team that crossed the Finish Line second      The team that crossed the Finish Line third ► The team used the Fast Forward pass > The team used the Yield < Recipient of the Yield
Notes: 1: Leg 3 was a double-length leg, with two Detours and two Roadblocks, shown over two episodes. The placement listed in the top row reflect the order teams arrived at the leg's halfway point.

Post-Race

• On April 23, 2010, Desiree married former professional chess player Joshua Waitzkin.
• Desiree is now a video game scriptwriter.

Trivia

• Wanda & Desiree were the first all-female Hispanic-American team to participate in the Race.
  • They were also the first Hispanic-American family team, as well as the first Hispanic-American parent-child team.
• Wanda & Desiree were featured in a CBS.com gallery celebrating Mother's Day in 2015.

External links

Interviews

• Harry Smith on The Early Show (03/22/2006): "Racing To Nowhere on Autobahn"
• Jenn Basler at RealityNewsOnline (03/23/2006): "We've Definitely Had Our Share of Bonding"

Social Media Profiles

• Wanda's Facebook: /wanda.lopez.3990

• Desiree's Facebook: /desiree.cifre

• Desiree's X profile (formerly Twitter): @desireecifre

• Desiree's Instagram: /des_at_play