Mariquita and Julio

We met when I was and he was 9. Ee had crushes on each other. 35 years later we crossed paths fell in love and have 17 children together

Placed 15th

in their group

We would like to thank you for supporting Mariquita and Julio 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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What would you do with $20,000?

We have both struggled all of our lives, but worked so hard since we were both 14 years old. We never had a honeymoon so we would take a little trip alone maybe. And save up for our children's educations.

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