Matt and I met at San Joaquin Valley college the day we took our national certification exam. We had never met in person, as Matt was in the night classes and I was in the morning classes. We had spotted each other from afar at orientation seven months before, but nothing came of it. After the exam, I went up to tell one of my favorite teachers I had passed with a great score, and Matt came up shortly after to tell her the same thing. After some small talk we learned we would be going to the same clinic for our externship. A few weeks and a lot of pizza dates later, and we were in love. Matt proposed on March 16th, 2019.