With a wedding date set for April 28, 2001 Maria Theresa B. Gilera and Mel Michael Sabale are announcing their engagement. A native of Virginia Beach, Maria attended Virginia Tech after graduating from Green Run high School in 1995. While attending Virginia Tech she earned a B.A. in Communications. She is currently employed as a Public Relations Specialist.

Mel Michael Sabale graduated from Oxon Hill High School in 1994 and went on to earn a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He graduated from that school in 1999. He is an Air Force Lieutenant.

The ceremony will be performed in the Little Creek Naval Chapel. The couple is registered at both Hechts and Sears and may be contacted by e mail at matites@prodigy.net.