Pilsen couple fall in love over arts education, start organization to teach kids music

Daniel and Katrise Chávez, co-founders of People’s Center for Cultural and Contemporary Arts, at the former Holy Trinity Croatian church in Pilsen, where they hold classes. A showcase of the student music groups their organization supports is scheduled for Sunday at the church, 1850 S. Throop St. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

For Daniel and Katrise Chávez, the song and dance started on a bus bound for Pilsen. Strangers then, they began talking, discovered they shared a passion for arts education, and somewhere along the way, began to fall in love.

“It ended up being a really life-changing conversation,” Katrise said.