Tyler and Ariel met during their time at UCLA, where they were both studying for their PhDs in Geophysics and Space Physics. At the end of Tyler's first year in graduate school (Ariel's 3rd), he decided on a whim to invite Ariel to a party at his apartment. Since that party, Ariel and Tyler continued to hang out, looking for any excuse they could find to do so. "Can I study at your apartment? My roommate is kind of loud." "Want to come to the Getty Museum with me? My sister has an extra credit project to do there."

Tyler and Ariel have been together since May 2018. In that time they travelled all over the world, played lots of video games, watched plenty of anime, ate really really really good food, graduated with their PhDs, and moved across the country to Washington D.C.

We are excited to get married in northern California this September!