Zoe & Allen
Wedding Party
Zoe Figueroa
Bride
Zoe grew up on Oahu and moved to California when she was 7. She went to UCR for her B.S. in Neuroscience and is currently working on her Ph. D. in Neuroscience. Zoe loves reading books, watching horror movies, and being by the ocean. One of her favorite memories of Allen is spending time at the UCR gardens. Zoe love's how Allen is a child at heart, intelligent, can always make her laugh even in the the lowest times, loves horror movies and is her partner in crime, her xbox partner (sometimes PlayStation), amazing with kids and a loving dad to our pet child Moumou, and will be an amazing future human father.
Allen Bagby
Groom
Allen grew up in Riverside, CA and met Zoe on their orientation day of college. He got his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering at UCR and currently works as an Electrical Design Engineer at Disney. Allen loves music, art, and writing. One of his favorite memories of Zoe is the way her face lit up when she showed him around her hometowns, both in Temecula, CA and Wahiawa, HI. His favorite thing about Zoe is how incredibly smart, talented, and driven she is, especially when she is involved in science.
Alexandra Ferrari
Grandmother (Escorting the Bride)
Zoe's Grandmother and fiery matriarch of her family. Alexandra grew up in Greece and has experienced many adventures in her life, living on both the East and West coasts of the U.S., Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. She had a strong presence raising Zoe, who looks up to her wisdom and guidance and strong hope for her children and grandchildren.
Josefa Valdez De Mendez
GRANDMOTHER
Allen's loving Abuela, she is a deeply faithful and caring person who always looks out for her grandchildren. Her day is always made when she sees the faces of her grandkids and other family members. She makes the best tamales and knows how to keep you fed.
Leanda Figueroa
Mother of the Bride
Leanda is Zoe's bubbly mom and is always there for Zoe. She raised her as a single mom for most of Zoe's life, and she is where Zoe gets her strength and independence. Leanda continues to be proud of Zoe and has faith she will go far in life. Leanda always knows how to brighten Zoe's day and be a warm source of support.
Carmen Bagby
Mother of the Groom
Allen's mom grew up in Mexico and brought her culture to California and gifted it to Allen and his brother. She was always a loving source of support while raising Allen. Carmen loves music, being social, and bringing fire to any party.
Robert Manalo
Father of the Bride
Zoe's stepdad who helped raise her when Zoe grew up on Oahu. He would never let anything happen to his kids and taught both Zoe and Alex how to stand up for themselves. Robert knows the ins and outs of Oahu since it has been his home for most of his life.
Bruce Bagby
Father of the Groom
Bruce is a loving dad, and one of Allen's best friends growing up. Bruce is a television director in live horse racing. He enjoys sailing, woodworking, and philosophy.
Alexander Manalo
Usher
Alex is Zoe's favorite younger brother and best friend since birth and grew up on Oahu as well. He has always played the role of the protective older brother, though he is 5 years younger than Zoe. He is near and dear to Zoe's heart. Alex enjoys playing music, video games, and amusement parks.
Kayla Russell
Flower Girl
Zoe's cousin, daughter of Venus and Eric Russel. Kayla loves pandas, coloring, and Disney movies.
Alicia Figueroa
Maid of Honor
Alicia is Zoe's fun loving cousin. Alicia was always like a sister to Zoe growing up and remains a close family member to go to about life's drama. Zoe and Alicia always find ways to do fun new things whenever they spend time together. Alicia enjoys beach days, traveling, and dancing the night away.
Bruce Bagby
Best Man
Allen's favorite younger brother and best man. Best friends when they were growing up, they did all sorts of things together from projects to make-believe to playing music. Brucie is currently studying for his B.S. in physics at UCR. He loves all things science related, his cat Jack, and sleeping.
Sierra Carlile
Maid of Honor
Zoe's best friend since 7th grade. She is always someone Zoe can go to and talk about life and have fun. She has always looked out for Zoe and remains her closest and funnest friend. Sierra enjoys cooking, painting, scary movies, and a great Nintendo game night. She also is the best co-fort builder anyone could have!
Martin Lopez
Best Man
Allen met Martin back in 2003 in their 3rd grade class. Martin, Luis, and Allen frequently pretended to play as characters from Indiana Jones on the play ground, often using the swings and jungle gym as obstacle courses in ancient temples. Martin enjoys days at Disneyland, filmmaking and photography, and riding his motorcycle.
Amanda Heltmach
Bridesmaid
Amanda remains one of Zoe's closest friends since 6th grade. Amanda has always been one of Zoe's most relatable friends, and has been someone she can go to talk about the future and their experiences. Amanda is also super fun, friendly, and sociable and feels like she's been your friend forever even if you just met her.
Luis Gonzalez
Groomsman
Allen and Luis go way back to 3rd grade. Luis remains one of Allen's closest friends, and is always finding new opportunities to progress. Luis has a great sense of humor and keeps it real whenever he is riding ATVs on his ranch, throwing parties with his brothers, or being great at fixing up and racing cars.
Katilynne Croom
Bridesmaid
Zoe met Kati in her Neuroscience cohort after being accepted to study for her Ph. D. Kati is someone Zoe can always go to for support about Neuroscience and grad school life. Kati is an exceptional baker and enjoys entertaining her friends along with her loving husband, Trey Croom. Kati knows how to bring the food, fun, and makes a damn good margarita.
David Santana
Groomsman
David and Allen go way back to 2nd grade. David has great taste in music and always has a library of song suggestions that Allen can dig into. He is really good at the drums, and was always one of Allen's coolest friends growing up. David knows how to party and sing his heart out if there is karaoke.
Corinne Wolfram
Bridesmaid
One of Zoe and Allen's newest friends, met as a mutual through Kati. Cori loves reading and owning game nights with her husband William Wolfram. Cori and William are a power couple who knows how to bring the entertainment with their imaginations and positive attitudes.
Eric Pham
Groomsman
Allen met Eric in his senior design class at UCR. Eric and Allen was able to build a (mostly) working object-collecting robot for their graduating project. Eric has expertise in programming and currently works as an Electrical Engineer developing hardware. Eric and Allen built a strong friendship on their mutual love for game development.