Both Alyssa and Jamal were born and raised in Port St. Lucie, FL; however, their lives did not cross paths until their freshman year of college. At that time, Alyssa was attending FAU in Boca Raton, FL and Jamal was playing football at Kieser University in West Palm Beach, FL. The two met when Alyssa attended a mutual friend’s party at Kieser University. After that night, on September 22, 2017, they began “talking” and soon after they began dating. They continuously made the small travels between West Palm and Boca throughout their relationship. After almost a year and a half of dating, Jamal moved to Tennessee to attend Tusculum University for football. They made the distance work and Alyssa even traveled the 12 hours to visit him in Tennessee. Shortly after this adventure, Jamal realized football wasn’t for him and instead decided to enlist in the Marine Corp. While Alyssa was still in school, Jamal left for boot camp in November of 2019. Separated for the next 3 months, the two saw each other again on Valentine’s Day 2020 when Jamal graduated from boot camp at Parris Island, SC. He was then sent to Jacksonville, NC for further training and then Fort Lee, Virginia for MOS. Then once at Fort Lee, Jamal asked Alyssa to visit him for the weekend. Little did she know, Jamal was proposing! On July 11th, 2020 at Maymont Gardens in Richmond, Virginia, Jamal asked Alyssa to marry him surrounded by their loved ones. Jamal recently graduated from MOS at the end of July and has been transferred back to Jacksonville, NC where he will be stationed at Camp Lejeune. Alyssa is currently still in Florida finishing her Bachelor's Degree in Early Care and Education from FAU. The two will wed on October 17th and upon graduation in December, Alyssa will join Jamal in NC to begin the rest of their lives.