Sanika attended Tabb High School, whereas I attended Smithfield High School. Two different schools, separated by 20 miles—a situation that would not typically foster the development of a lifelong relationship. Yet, as fate would have it, we both enrolled at the Governor's School for Science and Technology.

At the Governor's School, we attended courses in different strands. Sanika in biological science, I in computational sciences. As such, we did not have any overlap in our core classes. Nor was there any overlap in our secondary classes. It was not until I ventured over to the other statistics class to ask my best friend Spencer a question that I first met her. Nevertheless, it would be another year before we truly connected.

In 12th grade at the Governor's school, we had the same class for research ethics and methodology. It was there, seeing each other every day, that we formed a connection. We went out on a few memorable dates together; Starbucks on Ottis Street in Newport News immediately comes to mind. On January 24th, 2020, we started our relationship, and the rest is history!

- Charles