Briana & Armando
Wedding Party
Jonathan de Armas
Officiant
Jonathan is Armando’s cousin who’s always supported the couple on their journey. A teacher of both life lessons and life-giving lessons, a guru of multimedia entertainment, and an experienced officiant, Jon has helped the couple enjoy what life has to offer and will now be uniting them in marriage.
Grandma (Carmen Torres)
Flower Girl
Grandma has been like a second mom to Briana. Grandma has made Halloween costumes, played tea party, and would dress up Briana as a little girl. Grandma has fought hard to be at this wedding. Briana and Armando could not imagine any other person to have this role. A special role for a special lady.
Tia McCloud
Maid of Honor
Tia and Briana have been best friends since they were 5 years old. They would be with each other every day and every weekend from playing dolls together and camping at Lake Casitas. Briana cannot imagine her life without Tia and is so grateful to have her by her side since the very beginning.
Wesley Slates
Best Man
Wesley and Armando have been best friends since 3rd grade. Parting ways in 8th grade, the two stayed in contact throughout high school and ended up attending CSULB together. Creating mischief since the beginning, rumor has it the two continue to engage in shenanigans to this day. As an essential component of Armando's life, Wesley will now be serving as best man on the most important day for Armando so far.
Margarita Armas
Bridesmaid
Briana remembers when she found out her aunt was going to have a little girl. At four years old, Briana was so sure she was about to have a little sister. Since that day, she has felt that Margarita has been her little sister. They have been dressed up as twins by their grandma and have always been there for each other, now more than ever.
Jon Alvarado
Groomsman
Friends since the cross-country summer camp, Jonathan and Armando have always shared laughs together. They were recently groomsmen at their friend's Matt's wedding and as a celebration, jumped in the freezing lake in Tahoe. Armando knows he can always count on Jonathan to be right there with him.
Nicole Rosenberg
Bridesmaid
Nicole and Briana met in the orientation for the MSW program in the morning as they were both super early. They decided to take classes together and have been close ever since. Briana couldn’t imagine graduate school without Nicole and can’t imagine her wedding without having her in this role.
Liam Gogley
Groomsman
The two met in college and bonded over a mutual love of beer, metal music, gaming, and computer hardware. Connoisseurs of the $10 hole in the wall concert, the two have thrashed about across LA and Orange Counties while enjoying the best of the worst the music world has to offer.
Allison Pearson
Bridesmaid
Allison and Armando went to high school together and she is one of the first people Briana met from Armando’s friend group. Since then, Briana and Allison have shared their love for Disney, painting, and love for decorating. 2020 was saved by the many sleepovers Briana and Armando had at Allison and Matt’s apartment. Allison decorated her whole apartment to surprise the newly engaged. Briana cannot imagine her special day without her amigops.
Matt Pearson
Groomsman
A close friend of the groom since high school, the two have ran countless miles together while on the Mater Dei cross country team. Despite a decrease in running, the two continue to travel vast distances on a variety of wheeled vehicles to obtain pizza and burritos. Armando served as a groomsman and homebrew enthusiast at Matt's wedding as Matt now will for Armando.
Mickey
Ring Bearer
Our little guy will bring the rings!