#joey.presents

hasta luego ( an encanto fanfiction )

mercedes rojas was born on june 3rd, 2000, to zara and dario rojas. zara, at the time of mercedes' birth, was 16, while dario was 19. she was born in quibdo, colombia.

zara dropped out of school so she could take care of mercedes full time, while dario got a job as a waiter. he maintained this job until mercedes was six years old. he and zara had split up, and he had lost his job, losing the family's income. so, they made the difficult decision to send mercedes to live with dario's mother, camila, in barranquilla.

when she was eight years old, she met luisa madrigal, a neighbor. the two became quick friends and were best friends by the time they were nine. when they were fourteen, luisa came out as bisexual to her family, and then to mercedes. to luisa's suprise, mercedes proceeded to come out to her as lesbian.

they began dating on december 15th, 2014. around that time, mercedes began expressed interest in medicine. so, she began studying harder, under the encouragement of her girlfriend and grandmother. at the end of her mid-secondary school career, she received a scholarship for universidad de los andes' medical program in bogota.

she began college on august 31st, 2015. luisa also went to universidad de los andes, studying music. mercedes got a job as a waitress to support herself, and luisa got a job as a commission musician to do the same.

in 2020, luisa graduated with a bachelor's degree in music, while mercedes still had one year left. luisa stayed in bogota and moved in with her girlfriend. after her graduation, she continued work as a commission musician, but joined the national symphony of colombia as a violinist.

after six long years, mercedes graduated with a bachelor's degree in medicine in 2021. about a month after her graduation, she applied for pontifica universidad javeriana bogota, a medical school. she got in, to her enlightenment.

on august 19th, 2021, luisa proposed to mercedes, after almost seven years of being a couple. of course, the proposal was accepted.

the couple lived together as mercedes continued studying. on december 1st, 2021, they got married in barranquilla. mercedes took luisa's last name, becoming mercedes madrigal-rojas.