How We Met Depends on who you ask the question to! Erick, will say in Middle School; Janessie, says in high school. They truly reconnected while out at Purdy Lounge in Miami Beach in Nov 2016. Erick was sporting the "No Shave November" stache when Janessie spotted him across the room. He asked her for her phone number, soon after they went on a date to an Art Basel event, and it's been history ever since! How He Proposed The morning of Sept 12, 2019, Janessie was taking an exam for her CSCS certification. As soon as she finished, she called Erick and he told her she needed to get home ASAP. Confused and worried, Janessie rushed home and upon arriving saw luggages in the driveway and a Lyft car waiting. They quickly rushed to the airport and Janessie found out he's taking her to BARCELONA! She was over the moon and couldn't believe he had planned this all on his own! Once they arrived, Erick had rented a beautiful penthouse BnB overlooking Las Ramblas. The following day, Erick had a full day planned with breakfast, a tour of La Sagrada Familia, and a hike to Los Bunkers to meet up with a couple of Erick's friend's from his Masters Program at ESADE. When they arrived, they met with a "friend" whom happened to be a photographer. Shortly after a brief meet and greet, Erick asks his "friend" to take a few pictures of them overlooking the city of Barcelona. It was then that he asked Janessie to stay looking forward, as he went back towards their bag, took out a little black box, got on one knee, asked her to turn around and open her eyes, and the most magical moment was captured! They laughed, they cried, and they continued to take more pictures. Turns out, the photographer wasn't his friend at all! It was a photographer he had hired specifically to capture this special moment. They finished the trip by touring other parts of the city of Barcelona, and then proceeded to Ibiza, and lastly, Munich, Germany for Oktoberfest! It was truly the trip of a lifetime.