Alessandra Nicole Screnci & Joshua Michael Ernst

Alessandra and Josh met in Denver, Colorado, where they were serving a ten-month term in the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps. They were friends for six months but started dating while volunteering throughout the Southwest. After their service, Josh completed another term while Alessandra returned to Connecticut. Later, Josh began working for Teach for America and was relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, Alessandra joined him there. Soon they were moving again, settling in Boston to be closer to friends and family. Five years into their adventure, Josh proposed to Alessandra in the Chattahoochee Forest deep in the Smoky Mountains of Georgia.

The couple’s friends Leah Tingley and Casey Eisenreich officiated at the ceremony at the Glastonbury Boathouse, where a reception followed. The wedding was dedicated to the memory of the bride’s mother, Elyse Screnci, who passed away in May 2015.

The bride, daughter of Fiore Screnci of Monroe, and the late Elyse Screnci, graduated from Greenwich High School and Quinnipiac University. Alessandra is a medical social worker at Cambridge Hospital.

The groom, son of Michael and Kathy Ernst of Massachusetts, was homeschooled and then graduated from Springfield College. Josh is a teacher at Match Community Day School.

The newlyweds honeymooned in Tahiti and Bora Bora. They call Boston home (for now).

Photographs: Rachel Girouard

The newlyweds
The bride and groom with their siblings: Michael Screnci, Rachel Ernst, Daniela Screnci, Katie and Ben Ernst
Molly Infante, Alessandra Screnci Ernst, Daniela Screnci, Lauren Wood (all Greenwich High School graduates)
Cutting the cake
Fiore, Josh, Alessandra, Daniela and Michael Screnci
Sealed with a kiss

Related Articles

Greenwich’s Joe Massa Shares Suicide Survivors’ Stories

With millions of views, joe massa’s grassroots project reminds us that healing starts with being heard

Greenwich Native Sean Hudock on Charting His Course to Broadway

Greenwich's SEAN HUDOCK on braving the big waves to BROADWAY

Design on Deck: A Step Inside a Greenwich Couple’s Cape Cod Summer Home

A rare waterfront find on cape cod gets a fresh, breezy revamp thanks to a vintage-loving Greenwich family and their favorite design duo