26-year-old Micaela McGreevy loves cooking, her eight younger siblings, and her fiancé, Johnny Villalpando.
“You know what? I think I’m in love with this girl,” said Villalpando, recalling the early days of their more than four-year relationship.
Micaela worked as a CNA after being the first to graduate high school in her family.
“My girl, she is one of the most beautiful-hearted people I know,” said Mindy McGreevy, Micaela’s mom.
But Micaela battled addiction, a demon that runs in her family.
“My daughter had a rough life growing up. I’m actually next month going to be six years sober myself. I’ve been about a decade now fighting to get her to come to the light of sobriety,” said McGreevy.
In March, Villalpando and Micaela found themselves homeless in Aurora.
“It was all because of alcohol,” said Villalpando, “but we had each other.”
While waiting to check into a hotel, the couple went to buy food from 7-Eleven.