Myrza Roxanna Perez of Philadelphia and Troy Walter Yeske of Manhattan, NY, formerly of Arlington, are announcing plans to marry on April 16, 2005 in New Orleans. Troy proposed, and Myrza accepted, on the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy. Parents of the couple are Myrza Saad of New Orleans and Arturo Perez of Houston, Texas, Jacque Knight of Mount Vernon and Lanny Yeske of Diamondhead, Miss. They hosted engagement parties in Alexandria and Houston.
Myrza is a graduate of Harvard College and Louisiana State Medical School. She is currently completing her fellowship in pediatric pulmonology at University of Pennsylvania Children’s Hospital.
Troy graduated from Wakefield High School in 1990 and Old Dominion University in 1994. He served in the Army National Guard as an officer in the Corps of Engineers and is currently an internet security engineer with Ciphertrust in Manhattan.