Jessica was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. She briefly left home to attend college at Florida A&M University, before returning home to attend the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Her fate for the next phase of her life after medical school was decided by a computer system and she matched for Pediatric Residency in Baton Rouge, LA. Here her life would change forever in more ways than one.

Donald was born and raised in Vidalia, LA. After high school, he made the short trek up the road to Baton Rouge where he attend Southern University. He joined the Louisiana National Guard at the age of 18 and has served two tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, still serving his country tirelessly. When he's not off saving the world, he is a wonderful father to a precocious 10 year old son.

Shortly after moving to Baton Rouge and being displaced from her new home due to flooding, Jessica decided to join Match.com to get know her new city. Donald was her first match. After communicating for a few days, they decided to meet in person and immediately clicked. After a short game to bowling (which Jessica lost miserably), they moved to a local wing place and talked the rest of the night until they were forced to leave.