Like many Chico State cross-country athletes, we met first as teammates our freshman year. It wasn't until a fateful party a few months into the year when our close friend and secret matchmaker Quetta nudged Aaron to go talk to Julie. We quickly bonded over our shared love of hip-hop music and running and started spending more time together on weekends/after practice. In the fall of freshman year, we made things “official” after going to one of our favorite music artist's concert together. Sophomore year stretched into graduation, post-college turned into a joint move to the Bay Area to start our careers, and an unexpected global pandemic sparked a spontaneous cross-country move to New York City. Ten wonderful years and countless adventures later, Aaron proposed on a rooftop in the Little Italy neighborhood of NYC, the same neighborhood where we had shared dreams of living in NYC years earlier. We are so excited to celebrate our love with everyone this upcoming fall in Chico, the place where it all began ❤️