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Marissa De Paoli and Michael Carioscia are engaged to be married, after Mike proposed during a walk after dinner on the first night of a trip to Vail, Colorado. “The scenery was beautiful, and it felt like the perfect moment,” Mike says. “The first thing we did was call our family to let them know the news.” The couple met at Hardcore Italians, a producer and marketer of Italian pride products that Mike co-founded with his father in 2011. “Marissa started as a brand ambassador and would take photos wearing the merchandise to help us with promotions. Since I did …