Gatto, Swanda engagement

Friday, April 29, 2005

Gina Gatto and Troy Swanda, both of Washington D.C., announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Ralph and Mary Gatto of Placentia, Calif., and Marvin and Margaret Swanda of McCook. The bride-to-be is a 1997 graduate of Mater Dei High School. She received her bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Southern California. She plans to graduate in May with a masters degree in theological studies from the John Paul II Institute in Washington D.C. The prospective bridegroom is a 1994 graduate of McCook High School. He graduated from the University of Nebraska at Kearney with a bachelor's degree in finance and from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a master's in business administration. He is the director of housing for So Others Might Eat (S.O.M.E.) in Washington D.C. The couple is planning a June 24, 2005, ceremony in Placentia.