Kara & Soleman
Wedding Party
Ashley Malick
Maid of Honor
Ashley is my cousin and also one of my best friends. We are one month and 4 days a part, so she has been by my side since I was born. She has been there for me through it all. And we've got to experience so many great adventures together, including both of us getting to live in Arizona! Ashley finally moved home and I cannot imagine anyone else by my side to help me with my big day!
Krysta Bianchi
Matron of Honor
Krysta is one of my younger sisters, although she has always thought she was the older one. We are 18 months a part and are very close. Krysta is an amazing mother to my favorite niece and nephew. She has always been motherly and is one of the most caring people I know. I am lucky to have such a selfless sister that would do anything for me and anyone else!
Kyrsten Dragone
Bridesmaid
Kyrsten is my little baby sister. Although she is not a baby anymore, she will always be my little baby Kyr Kyr. Kyrsten is 5 years younger than me, but as she got older, her and I grew very close. During dental school, she moved to Arizona with me and finished dental hygiene school. Kyrsten is still currently living in Arizona and I try every day to get her to move back home!
Misty Macken
Bridesmaid
Misty is one of my childhood best friends. Her mother and my mother were childhood neighbors and were friends growing up. Misty and I became friends of our own in the 6th grade and our friendship has grown the last 20 years. Misty is a PA and an amazing mother to little Ben. I'm very lucky to still have her as part of my life.
Sarah Dixon
Bridesmaid
Sarah is my little cousin. She has always been my little mini-me, even though she is not so little anymore. I've had the pleasure of seeing Sarah grow up into the wonderful person she is today. She is finishing her last year of college at Penn State and planning on attending dental school in the Fall of next year. I am so excited for her and excited for her to be a part of my big day!
Erika Lukavsky
Bridesmaid
Erika is one of the wonderful friends I met in dental school in Arizona. She is a crazy, energetic girl that makes everything so much fun! She has been there for all of the fun times and the hard times. I am very lucky to have met her in dental school! Erika currently works with her husband as a dentist in New Mexico and has a little one on the way.
Lori Wycliffe
Bridesmaid
Lori and I met in dental school in Arizona. She is such a caring friend that goes out of the way for others. Erika and Lori helped get me through dental school and took me on so many new adventures during out time in Arizona. Lori is currently working as a dentist in Arkansas and is a new mother to little baby Benjamin.
Yosef Haque
Best Man
Yosef, is my younger brother. Not only are we siblings, but he's been my best friend for as long as I can remember. Even though we now live in different states, but talk daily via FaceTime, text, or tags in random memes.
Justin Schmidt
Groomsman
Justin and I have been the best of friends for as long as we can remember. Justin lived next door to us growing up, so he naturally was like a another younger brother to me. We are both huge foodies...so it's probably easier to count how many pounds we've gained over the years, then it is how many we've lost.
Carlos Rodriguez
Groomsman
Carlos and I became friends in dental school. We quickly found that we had so many similarities, that Carlos became one of my best friends. Carlos and I talk almost daily, in which most of the time it involves us laughing hysterically. Incase you didn't know, Carlos and I are two of the biggest Dallas Cowboys fans you'll meet. Just ask him who Sundays are for? ....Dem Boyz!
Andy Larkin
Groomsman
Andy, (pictured in the middle), was one of my first friends in dental school. Him and Brandon (pictured on the left), were my two roommates the first two years of dental school. Both of them quickly became two of my closest friends. Andy is from Kansas, so we quickly had a bond that only mid-westerners would appreciate. In case you didn't know, Andys probably the biggest KU fan you will ever meet. So its almost inevitable for me to write this bio without including "Rock-Chalk" somewhere in it. We still talk weekly, most of the time it is us listening to Brandon recite sports facts/stats to us!
Brandon Villar
Groomsman
Brandon, (on the far right), was one of my first friends in dental school. Him and Andy (in the middle), were my two roommates the first two years of dental school. Brandon is the only person I know that buys Amy's organic lentil soup by the cases. He literally ate a can at least 3 times a week! Brandon is from California so he has this natural chill west coast persona, that makes him a person you could never have an issue with (...well at least I didn't) - I still remember having to officiate a wrestling match between him and Andy that resulted in a hole in our apartment wall... good thing Brandons dad's name was on the lease!
Jason Boeskin
Groomsman
Jason and I met in dental school. Jason was actually two grades above me and was classmates with Kara. We met through Kara around 4 years ago, and Jason has been one of my closest friends ever since. He used constantly help calm me down when I would get super anxious about upcoming dental exams. Surprisingly, Jason still answers my call regularly to give his advice on the various clinical cases or dental questions I have, even though we are 2,000 miles apart.
Drake Dolman
Groomsman
Drake and I have been friends since the eighth grade when he transferred to our middle school. We sat next to each other in Ms. Pagonis English class, where I still remember one day we were cracking jokes to each other. Ms. Pagonis stopped class and asked both of us to tell the whole class what was so funny. I began speaking and looked at Drake to back me up, but he sat there quiet and left me hanging, as I made up some random story to the whole class. We still laugh about that to this day!