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Mara Eccles

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Antonio Villafuerte

May 16, 2026

Austin, TX

How We Met

The couple met using Bumble (a dating app)! We both returned to the UT Austin campus for the Fall semester of 2020, but most classes were held virtually due to COVID. Antonio was interested in meeting someone to start a serious, long-term relationship. Mara was bored. When we started dating, there were some issues evident from the start: Antonio didn't know what quiche was, and Mara didn't eat spicy foods. But Antonio tried brunch for the first time, and Mara started experimenting with Flamin' Hot Limon Cheetos. And the rest is history...

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