Ellison and Trevor first met at Fayetteville High School, when they were randomly assigned to be debate partners. Competing together at state, they started a life long friendship. A couple years later, both visiting Fayetteville during the summer holiday—Ellison having gone off to college at Smith in Massachusetts and Trevor off at IU in Indiana—they reconnected and started dating.

Working summer jobs in different parts of the country, they began writing letters to stay in touch. This is tradition they continue whenever they’re apart.

After four years together in October of 2022 Ellison and Trevor took a trip to New York staying at the same hotel they had stayed at their very first vacation together several years before. Amazingly, Trevor (a noted horrible liar) had not let slip to Ellison (a world renowned lie detector) that he was going to propose that weekend. With the incredible help of her family, friends and Maid of honor Emily, Trevor was able to pull off the engagement elated to hear a “Yes”.

Since then, Trevor and Ellison have been living in New Orleans working and going to law school respectively. They are incredibly excited to show off New Orleans as the amazing city they have grown to love so dearly with their wedding at the Chloe Hotel.