Juliana Malaret ’18 and Gabriel Malaret ’22

We met at the UCF library during a Bible study! Gabe walked in with a couple mutual friends, and I was instantly interested in getting to know who he was. I offered him a doughnut to break the ice. Gabe politely rejected the doughnut just because it had sprinkles on it. Looking past our differences about sprinkles, we started talking/dating, and he soon transferred to UCF. He was there for my graduation in 2018, and when I attended his graduation in 2022, he secretly switched the graduation party I planned to an engagement party. He proposed right after his graduation after eight years of dating! We’ve been happily married for six months and have two cute pups together!