Ed and Johanna Jurado of Wellington have announced the engagement and upcoming wedding of their son, Kyle Jurado, to Ashley Paulson. Ashley is the daughter of Scott and Eunice Paulson of Waxhaw, N.C. Kyle proposed to Ashley on Aug. 11, on a beautiful hiking trail in Cold Spring, N.Y. Kyle is a graduate of Wellington High School and Columbia University, and is pursuing a Ph.D. in economics at Columbia. Ashley is a graduate of Rift Valley Academy and Wheaton College, and is pursuing a Ph.D. in biology at Columbia. A January 2013 wedding is being planned in North Carolina, and the couple will reside in New York City.