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Julianne Pereira, Michael Hughes
Dr. Julianne Elizabeth Pereira and Michael Thomas Hughes were married June 17 at St. Thomas the Apostle church in Old Bridge, N.J. Patrick W. Hearty, a Roman Catholic deacon, performed the ceremony.
On June 3, the couple took part in a celebration ceremony before family and friends at the Somerley, an event space in Woodbury, N.Y.
Dr. Pereira, 26, is a pediatric resident at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y. She graduated from Fordham and received a medical degree from Stony Brook University.
She is the daughter of Jeanette Sangese-Pereira of New Hyde Park, and Antonio Pereira IV of Mineola, N.Y. The bride’s father is the first vice president and director of retail administration at Dime Community Bank in Brooklyn. Her mother is a controller and certified public accountant at Algin Management, a real estate management firm in Manhattan.
Mr. Hughes, 28, is the council president in East Brunswick, N.J., and the chief of staff for a New Jersey assemblyman and a state senator. He graduated from Monmouth University.
He is the son of Gail Hughes of East Brunswick. The groom’s mother is a real estate agent in East Brunswick.
The couple met in Manhattan in April 2013, through a mutual friend.
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