Tegest Lois Saunders and Tyler Brandon Bighum were married Oct. 19 in Philadelphia. The Rev. Michael K. Bighum, the groom’s father and a Baptist minister, officiated at the Liberty View, an events space at the Independence Visitor Center.

Mrs. Bighum, 32, is a compliance officer in Manhattan for BNP Paribas, the French bank. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University and received a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

She is the daughter of Yeshiareg G. Medhin of Manhattan and the late Arthur W. Saunders. The bride’s father was a certified public accountant in Manhattan. Her mother is an assistant comptroller at Waterside Plaza, a residential and business complex in Manhattan.

Mr. Bighum, 30, is an administrative assistant at Mindshare, a marketing agency in Manhattan that is a unit of WPP, the British advertising agency. He is also a candidate for a bachelor’s degree in accounting at the City University of New York’s Hostos Community College in the Bronx.