Roque and I both love music and enjoy going to island reggae festivals. We train together and he is also my instructor in several classes I take at the gym. We are both very supportive of one another and build each other up. 
 
We both knew each other when we were teenagers because Roque was friends with my cousin. We only saw each other twice at family parties and never spoke to each other. Fast forward to the future, my dad and brother joined Roque’s family martial arts gym in 2008. I attended a karate promotion for my dad in my early 20’s. Roque was there and I didn’t recognize him. After the promotion I said hi to him, but he seemed very shy. I thought he was cute! I decided to join the gym and take classes and became a member. 
 
Only a few weeks as a member and getting to know him, he invited me to a trip in Tahoe with his friends. The rest was history after that trip in April! My parents also invited him to our family trip to Oahu 3 months after in the summer. Oahu became a very special place to us. He even gave me a promise ring while we were there. 
 
Roque always treated me like a queen. We were only in our mid 20’s and enjoyed life as a young couple. We traveled, trained together, and never really missed a day without seeing each other. We were deeply in love! We got engaged in 2014 in Las Vegas, one of our other favorite cities. 
 
As we decided to plan for our wedding, I always envisioned getting married in Hawaii. However, due to some family members unable to fly that far at that time, we decided to have our wedding on June 6, 2015 at Bellagio in Las Vegas. It was an intimate wedding with our close family and friends. The wedding was amazing and everything I wanted and more! We flew right after our wedding weekend to our honeymoon in Oahu from Las Vegas.