Jacob Seiler’s parents are proud to announce his engagement to Pamella Correia Sanches of Brazil.

Jacob has been traveling and working in Brazil for the past nine months. His parents are John Stamey and Lenore Bayuk; Kim Seiler-Bell and Scott Bell of Friday Harbor. He is brother to Cady Seiler, Audrey Espinoza, Paul Espinosa, and Emily Bayuk-Johnson.

Pamella’s parents are Italo Enso Sanches Lloris and Suzeti Correia Sanches Lloris of Mato Grosso State, Brazil. She has one sister, Paola.

Pamella graduated from the Federal University of Mato Grosso in 2006 in business administration. She works as a soy meal trader for Bunge, an American company with large interests in Brazil.

Jacob is a 1997 graduate of Friday Harbor High School and graduated from Washington State University in 2001 after studying in Spain his senior year. He recently spent 2½ years in the Peace Corps in Panama before moving to Brazil.

“We are all thrilled for Jacob and Pamella,” his parents said.