Thanks to Amber Boris, CORC BFA '17, and Eddy Aldana, CORC BFA '17, for sharing their story!
Where did you meet?
Amber: We met at the Corcoran building during freshman orientation. I remember he was at the same table as me and the red hat he was wearing.
Eddy: I don’t remember much from the orientations, but we had the first two classes of our first semester in college together.
What were your first impressions of each other?
Amber: I couldn’t stop thinking about him after orientation! I thought he was the most beautiful person I ever saw, and I remember really liking the way his voice sounded. He was a sculpture lab tech, and I used to go in almost every time he was working to work on my projects (even though they didn’t need that much work), just so I could talk to him. I think that's where I got to know him the most. The first time we hung out [outside of school] was at the Corcoran apartments 2424 Penn and we made doughnut burgers and then watched a bunch of videos together, and I remember laughing a lot.
Eddy: Amber remembers me better than I remember her during those first few weeks of school, but I thought she looked really cool. Her hair was really short then, and she wore a lot of bright colors and cool clothes. I hoped we’d get to know each other. I remember that we used to laugh a lot at everything and make jokes in class, even though we didn’t know each other that well. We ended up liking a lot of the same music.
Do you have an #onlyatGW/Corcoran moment that you shared as a couple?
Our first year was the only year that we were at the Corcoran before it got became part of GW. During my sophomore year I lived at Mitchell Hall and Eddy would come over a lot to hangout. We remember going downstairs to 711 and getting Ben & Jerry’s to share. We also remember making pulled pork and mac and cheese from Trader Joe's and eating on the roof looking over 19th street and the monument. One time, Eddy pulled up in front of the building right when the fire drill was going off, so I got to wait in his car during [the drill], which was funny.
Tell us about your last visit to campus, or how the school has remained important in your life.
The last time we were at the Corcoran together was to see the 2018 NEXT thesis show. Eddy also had a piece in the Transformer Auction this past November at the Corcoran. It is always nice to go back and support the other students in the school.
Anything else you want to share?
We are in the process of applying to grad schools together and hope to attend MFA programs in fall 2019. This is going to be our fifth year together. Our first Valentine's Day together in 2015, Eddy took me to eat pupusas near his house in Maryland. It had started to snow hard while we were eating. On our way back it was dark, and his car got stuck in the snow going up a hill near the park that is right by his house. We had to get out and walk across the park in the snow to his house, with a blanket from the car and the leftover pupusas to keep us warm. This is a memory we love looking back on and laughing. We plan on eating pupusas this coming Valentine's Day, just like our first one together!