April & Jr Palacios

We met in 1998—just two young people with no idea what life had in store for us. I was 16, he was 19.

Placed 37th

in their group

We would like to thank you for supporting April & Jr Palacios in this year's competition. Your participation allows us to aid both the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and Oceana in their respective missions to support hunger relief and ocean conservation.

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How did your love story begin?

We were just kids when we found each other — he was 19, I was 16 — two young hearts learning what love meant, one day at a time. We didn’t have it all figured out, but we had each other. And somehow, that was enough to begin a journey that would test us, shape us, and forever bind our souls. We grew together. We laughed, fought, dreamed. Built a life. Faced the world hand in hand. And then, we became parents. Nothing prepared us for the depth of love we felt when we held our child for the first

What is your favorite memory you've shared as a couple?

I still remember the first time we met in person — not just like a memory, but like a feeling I can still reach out and touch. I was 16, and you were 19. Young, curious, maybe a little nervous… but in that moment, something clicked. It wasn’t just your smile, or the way your eyes met mine like they already knew me — it was the way the world got quiet around us, like time paused so our story could begin. I didn’t know then all the things we’d go through — the laughter, the love, the battles we’

What would you do with $20,000?

I finally get to take a breath. Maybe pay off a few things that have been hanging over your head, or fix that one thing in the house that you always put off because there were bigger worries. Maybe me and my husband escape for a while — even just a weekend — to a quiet place where the world slows down and your hearts remember why you chose each other all those years ago.

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