Couple #19 - Ignoring the Crowd, and Listening to the Heart

Kirsten was a cheerleader and Alexander was just a silly boy that all the girls on the squad would look at and say, "Ewww...look at the geek!" Even though Kirsten pretended to agree with the viewpoints of her peers, she secretly harbored a longing to squeeze, hug, and kiss, Alex. All it took was one little love note, slipped to Alex during class, and this young couple has been working through the ebb and flow of life together ever since. Although the past five years have been wrought with emotional trauma, as well as the tension and stress that racial and religious divides can create, Kirsten and Alex have found in each other the strength to cope, relate, and push forward. They are now studying for degrees, in Human Services for her and Forensic Computers for him. Winning this contest would provide for the best day of their lives, - the day when Kirsten and Alex's hands are united in marriage. As Kirsten says, "I want to be the first one he wakes up to, and the one who, when he says me naked on the toilet he doesn't run and scream for his life."