Maya and Alex met in June 2015 through mutual friends, and reconnected in early 2018. In July of 2019, Alex surprised Maya with a ring during a walk in Laguna Beach, and got completely soaked by waves in the process. Alex and Maya had planned a destination wedding weekend for June 12-13 2020 in sunny Carlsbad, California but unfortunately Covid upended their plans. After trying to postpone the wedding multiple times, they finally decided to cancel the California celebration and re-planned a wedding in Massachusetts for May 29 2021.