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Jaime is a documentary filmmaker and video editor. He invited Daniele onto his film podcast in 2017, and the rest was history! They have been inseparable ever since. 

Jaime Prater

College roommates, Jackie and Sima met in the Herpetology collections at the UC Berkeley Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.

Sima Bouzid

Kt is a film critic and hosts a war film podcast with Daniele and Liam. She works as an accounting manager in Minneapolis.

Kt Schaefer

Liam is a retired theater actor and director and hosts a war film podcast with Daniele and Kt. He is the main source of their hate mail.

Liam Macik

Jackie and Stacy have known each other since high school. Stacy was then a substitute teacher at Warren High in Downey, where she now works full-time as an AP and Philosophy teacher. 

Stacy Cabrera

Jaqueline and her husband oversee an eco-lodge construction company in Namibia. She's been integral to all of Jackie's African adventures, from lizards and weaverbirds to celebrating the couple's engagement last spring.

Jaqueline Olivotto 

Tyler and Daniele met at Naval Air Traffic Control School way back in 2003, were roommates for years and later deployed in the same unit. He is an electrical engineer and lives in Kentucky, but is originally from Washington state.

Tyler Funk

Steve and Daniele met in the Marines in 2004, training together as young air traffic controllers awaiting deployment to Iraq. Steve is a history and philosophy buff and enjoys many intellectual pursuits. He currently lives in Mississippi and is from the Sacramento area.

Steve Caravalho

Yet another herpetologist! Katie has been studying reptiles and amphibians in Cameroon ever since she and Jackie met as labmates at Villanova. If you see her at the wedding, ask her about the Wolverine Frog.  

Katie Tapondjou

Juliana is a research biologist and professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Growing up in Brazil, she fell in love with nature and animals. Today, she travels to Antarctica every year to study penguins.

Juliana Vianna

Alex is a research biologist specializing in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's. In 2020, he helped Jackie set up her dating app profile and told her that if she ended up meeting "the one" on the app, he'd get to officiate the wedding. So, here we are.

Alexander Ehrenberg 

Wedding Party

Q + A

Venue

We invite you to join us as we exchange vows in the backyard of Jackie's great-uncle and aunt, Don and Marilyn Conlan. Their garden has been the backdrop for numerous family celebrations, including the inaugural matrimony hosted there—the wedding of Jackie's grandparents on July 17, 1981. No shuttle service will be provided, so please make arrangements for your own transportation to and from the wedding venue. For your convenience, street parking is available along Milan Ave. and Laurel St. (please refer to the map below). <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/xFixv6qj6ADFz8Fj9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here for Google Maps directions.</a> We look forward to sharing this special day with you!

Hotel

Book by May 14th for the discounted rate and a guaranteed room

Residence Inn by Marriott Los Angeles Pasadena/Old Town

Travel

Discover the best of the City of Roses at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, a mere three miles from the wedding venue. Explore its diverse collections, serene gardens, and stunning art exhibits.

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

The ultimate destination in Los Angeles. Head over to Jackie's workplace and explore the exhibits at the Natural History Museum and La Brea Tar Pits. While you're there, don't miss the opportunity to stroll through the rose garden at Exposition Park.

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

One of the most famous beaches in the US, has been in countless films and home to Muscle Beach and many shops and restaurants. A quintessential California experience, especially if you are here for the first time!

Venice beach

Founded in 1874, Old Pasadena has shops, dining, and entertainment in a charming little district.

Jackie & Daniele

Jackie & Daniele

J&D