Zia helped us create an absolutely unforgettable wedding day. We deeply appreciate the thoughtfulness, thoroughness, and heart Zia poured into our ceremony. It was a pleasure working with her in the months leading up to the wedding day; her dependability and meaningful communication put us at ease during what could be a stressful time period. Likewise, everyone we've spoken to has been so complimentary of Zia's passion and personalization. It was the most important part of our day and she absolutely nailed it.

If you want a magical, intentional, and heartfelt ceremony, look no further than Zia Shapiro!
The several meetings we had in preparation for the big day were always delightful and truly illuminating! We had a vision for what we wanted but having time to iron out the details with Zia made all the difference. She helped us with every aspect of the ceremony, down to even writing our team vows! And though we may have started as strangers, we felt like we had known her for years by the time the big day came around. 
We treasure her radiant spirit and all the magic she brings!

Among many wedding aspects, trying to figure out my wife and I's ideal ceremony was a new and foreign concept. We are so glad that we found Zia to help us discover our ceremony.

She has the experience and open mind to present options in the structure of the ceremony that gave my wife and I enough ideas to choose from and be able take it to the next step in personalizing it for ourselves.

She also gave fantastic guidance on how we could do our vows. What we ended up doing was perfect, we poured our souls into our vows, but I truly don’t know if we could have gotten there without the slight nudges and feedback that we got from Zia.

In the mix of chaos that surrounds planning a wedding, Zia gave us the calm and baseline that we didn't know we needed.

Zia was wonderful to work with and put together an absolutely beautiful, personalized ceremony. She guided us through each step of developing our ceremony, and it came together in a awe-inspiring way. Thank you, Zia!

We absolutely loved working with Zia and are thrilled to recommend her as an officiant!

We found Zia through The Knot and were looking for an Officiant near the Santa Cruz area, who provided customized, non-denominational services.

We met with her and instantly knew she was the perfect fit! She was kind, humorous, and very invested in getting to know our story and what was important to us in a ceremony.

We met with her a few times leading up to the ceremony and she helped us craft our vows, customize the ceremony, and add our love story- including our hopes and wishes for our marriage.

The day of, she was very professional and led a wonderful ceremony with the perfect blend of love, humor, and thoughtfulness that we desired. She customized the whole ceremony to us and we were fighting back tears throughout, as it was so well done.

After the ceremony, many of our guests remarked how much they liked her and loved the ceremony! They all noted that it was the best ceremony they had been to and wouldn’t forget it.

We would highly recommend Zia as an officiant. She is thoughtful, professional, and wonderful at crafting personal ceremonies.

Thank you again, Zia!

Zia was a wonderful officiant for our wedding. Throughout the entire process, she made it simple and easy to understand what we wanted our ceremony to look and feel like. During our ceremony, she brought her joyous, warm, and welcoming demeanor that we had come to know. We highly recommend her services to anyone looking for a cheerful ceremony.

We truly cannot recommend Zia enough! From the very beginning, she was incredibly warm-hearted, supportive, and so easy to work with. She took the time to get to know us and our story, and crafted the most beautiful, heartfelt ceremony that felt so personal and full of love.

She was also extremely flexible and accommodating with our schedule, which made the planning process feel stress-free and enjoyable. Her presence brought such a sense of calm and joy to our day — and it was clear that she genuinely cared about us and our journey.

We felt seen, celebrated, and supported every step of the way. Working with her was an absolute gift, and we’re so grateful to have had her as part of such an important moment in our lives. If you’re looking for someone incredible to officiate your ceremony, look no further — she’s everything you could hope for and more.

Zia was absolutely wonderful to work with. We met over Zoom for a few sessions, where she helped us write our team vows, and perfectly craft our ceremony. By the time we met in person for the rehearsal, it was like meeting an old friend. We had some last minute family health issues, and she rolled with the punches, and made last minute changes that seemed like a part of it forever. Multiple people asked us after the ceremony how long we had known her, and if she was a family friend, because of how well she knew us, and how great the ceremony was. (Neither my husband or I are religious, but he has a lot of Catholic family that we didn't want to offend.

If I had to describe her, she was like a woodland nymph that came out of a tree, wore an amazing blue suit, married two people in love in a perfect ceremony, took care of all the paperwork, and drifted back to the forest to continue to make people happy. 100/10 would recommend to everybody. (photo from rehearsal - wedding photos aren't back yet)

Zia provided a wonderful ceremony for us in Santa Cruz Redwoods. Everything felt special and tailored to us - and she was wonderful. During the preparations, she really got to know us which helped to put us at ease during the ceremony and all of the writing exercises we did under Zia's guidance brought us even closer together. Communication with Zia was always easy and she was flexible working with a very short timeline we provided (oops). Her care and thoughtfulness was evident in every step of the process and we are really happy we chose her as our officiant!

Zia was so amazing for our wedding. She really knew what to do to make a memorable wedding. We had a much shorter timeframe to work with than I think she was used to but she was so amazing and patient with us. She worked with us to make sure what we felt really came through in the ceremony, and she really helped to make it special in our own way. I really appreciated her ability to keep the wedding out of cliches and her ability to connect with our guests. I would highly recommend Zia for anyone getting married in the Monterey area!!