Joel and I met in August 2021, our freshman year at Georgia Tech! At the time, both of us were in Army ROTC and only knew each other as "friends" in our first-year class. After two months of what we called "not-dates," we started dating in October 2021. The weirdest fact we learned about one another was that we shared the same birthday: March 18, 2003. In that moment we knew this was meant to be. Flash forward two years to December 18th, 2023. This day started a new chapter in our lives, one where Joel proposed and I said yes! Here we are, almost a year later, planning for our big day that we are so happy to share with friends and family!