MAGGIE & FAUSTO
Wedding Party
Berni Prado-Palavecino
Maid of Honor
Location: San Jose, CA Years Known Each Other: 11 How She Knows the Bride: Berni is Maggie’s best friend and was her first friend in California when she moved to San Jose in 2010. They started working together at Pizza My Heart. Fun fact: Maggie blacked out for the first time with Berni who kept yelling at her all night “this is California Drunk Bitch”
JR Thal
Best Man
Location: Los Angeles, CA Years Known Each Other: 10 How He Knows the Groom: JR and Fausto met while living on the same freshman floor at USC. They moved in with each other and were roommates for 9 years! They took LA by storm and became brothers in the process.
Olivia Metcalfe
Bridesmaid
Location: San Diego, CA Years Known Each Other: 5 How She Knows the Bride: Oliva and Maggie met their first week at UCLA! Maggie’s roommate introduced them by telling them “Oh I know another older girl” - we were 23. After having dinner together 3 times they booked flights to London for spring break March 2017 and have been besties ever since.
Alan Hermiz
Groomsman
Location: San Diego, CA Years Known Each Other: 12 How He Knows the Groom: Alan and Fausto met at their high school baseball tryouts and solidified their friendship in math class. They did not know it at the time, but they became best friends and have been involved in each other’s lives ever since. Fun fact: Fausto introduced Alan to his wife in high school!
Alice Morandy
Bridesmaid
Location: Princeton, NJ Years Known Each Other: 5 How She Knows the Bride: Alice and Maggie met at UCLA in their Israeli Palestinian Conflict history class. They both liked each other's hair and slowly started sitting next to each other until one day they went on a friend beach date, where Maggie promptly took a nap through half the time. They were inseparable ever since (minus when Alice moves all around the world).
Wendy Wu
Groomswoman
Location: Los Angeles, CA Years Known Each Other: 6 How He Knows the Groom: Wendy and Fausto met while working at Turner on a project in downtown LA. Since discovering they share a love for food, good drinks, and dancing, they have become close friends and have traveled on awesome trips together including Cancun, Yosemite, and yearly to Valle de Guadalupe! Wendy is Fausto’s hypeman and travel buddy.
Chase Bardole
Bridesman
Location: Salt Lake City, UT Years Known Each Other: 24 How He Knows the Bride: Chase and Maggie have been friends since they were 5 years old. They lived down the road from each other in Heber City, UT, and attended the same elementary school. Even though Maggie moved to California, she and Chase have seen each other at least once a year, and party the hardest when together!
Karen Urosa
Groomswoman
Location: Los Angeles, CA Years Known Each Other: 7 How He Knows the Groom: Karen and Fausto met at USC, and became really good friends after a wine trip to Valle de Guadalupe with coworkers. Since then, Karen and Fausto have shared many glasses of wine and fun times! She even grilled Maggie the first time they met, to ensure she was good enough for Fausto!