Diana Bueno and Miguel Medina-Serpas

In 2012, Diana and Miguel met while working at Tilly’s at the Florida Mall. They both lived in St. Cloud but had never met before. After knowing each other for about a year, they began dating in 2013, Miguel’s freshman year at UCF, where he began to pursue a bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences. Diana joined the Knights in 2014, also majoring in biomedical sciences. Miguel and Diana continued their relationship and enjoyed many tailgates and late night study sessions together during undergrad. They even worked as lab partners in a path micro lab. In 2019, the couple moved to St. Petersburg, where Miguel worked as a research assistant at John’s Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and Diana studied for her master’s in medical science at USF. Today, Miguel and Diana have been together for more than eight years. Miguel is pursuing his PhD at the University of Florida, and Diana was just accepted to medical school! Miguel and Diana are not only committed to one another, they are also committed to supporting each other to achieve their dreams. They have a seven-year-old hound named Daisy and a 15-year-old cat named Apuchula.