This love story, like both Zeb and Jamie, is one of a kind.

They met at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the summer of 2016. Zeb was completing his Ph.D. in organic chemistry while Jamie was entering her senior year at UW and running a million miles (literally). After a few unconventional dates and several long walks on the campus's lake shore path, Zeb told (not asked) Jamie that she should be his girlfriend. Over the next few years, they built a relationship that endured two graduate degrees, a post-doc, long distance during a global pandemic, and a lot of growing up along the way.

They have since been building a life together out on the east coast where they continue their regular nature walks and dates to the grocery store. Zeb surprised Jamie on a balmy February day when he proposed alongside a river at the local park that has become their little oasis over the last two years. They now can't wait to tie the knot and start this next chapter of their lives.