Love has a funny way of showing up when you least expect it – even when you’re sitting just a few rows apart in a packed university lecture hall. Our story technically started where a lot of modern romances do these days: on a dating app. Turns out, we’d been crossing paths at UMD without even realizing it. Guess we needed a little digital nudge to finally connect!

From the beginning, it just felt easy – like we’d known each other forever. The Kim building forever holds meaning as it became the place where our late night study sessions turned into hours of laughter and conversation. As engineering students, life consisted of endless projects, homework, and exams. Even through the stress of it all, we somehow always managed to find time to have fun and laugh through the pain.

In 2019, our little family grew when we brought home Lola and Ginger. Lola came first, a total agent of chaos who keeps life interesting (and us on our toes). Ginger joined soon after, bringing her calm, steady energy to balance out Lola’s wild side. Anyone who’s met them knows how beloved they are (and definitely how spoiled they are).

Since graduating in December 2019, we’ve kept pushing each other forward and growing both personally and professionally. Our engineering careers have taken us to some pretty cool places including NASA and JHU’s Applied Physics Lab. Through it all, we’ve been each other’s biggest cheerleaders.

From a random connection in a lecture hall to building a our little life together, our story is proof that love can find you in the most unexpected ways.

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