We met in San Francisco at Madrone Art Bar in the fall of 2017. We're both tall and locked eyes across the bobbing heads dancing to 90s hip hop night. After pushy roommates encouraged us to talk, we learned that we shared a love for bay area rap and the pacific northwest. We were together for 9 months before Caroline moved to New York City for graduate school at Bank Street College of Education. We stayed together and weathered long distance through monthly trips in various places including, Boston, Philadelphia, and upstate New York. The pandemic brought us back to the same place, the Bay Area, earlier than expected. We lived together for the first time with Caroline's parents in Sonoma, CA during the height of the pandemic. After surviving long distance, the pandemic, and living with the Carr family, Andrew and Caroline got engaged in Point Reyes in October 2021. They now live in Potrero Hill, San Francisco. Andrew works at Intuitive Surgical and goes to Stanford Graduate School of Engineering. Caroline is a 4th grade teacher at Chinese American International School.