Angel and Melissa first met in 2009 when Melissa was part of a group of students on an anthropological field study in Angel's hometown of Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico. We fell in love quickly and spent the next two years spending as much time together in Tulum as possible and continued a long-distance relationship while Melissa worked to finish her Bachelor's degree in the United States. We decided to split ways in 2011 shortly before our daughter Madeline was born. We were both involved in other relationships and each had another child with those partners--Angie, born to Angel in 2014 and Giovanni, born to Melissa in 2015. When both of those relationships ended, we reconnected in November of 2021 and discovered that our love for each other and our dream of having a family together was still very much alive. Since then, we have been fortunate enough to see each other in person several times and were able to take a trip as a family with our children for Spring Break. In June of 2022, Melissa, Maddie, and Gio moved to Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo to be closer to Angel, Angie, and other extended family members. We are looking forward to celebrating our union with our closest family and friends, many of whom have been with us for each twist and turn of our beautiful story.