Hannah and Samun met at a housewarming party in Chicago, the summer of 2015. Samun -who had been teaching in the city for 2 years at that point- was on summer break and hanging with his friends from Teach for America, and Hannah -who had recently moved from LA- was invited by her friends who also had done Teach for America. They casually chatted at the party, then ended up going dancing. From that moment forward, they were inseparable. They moved to Champaign in the summer of 2018, so Samun could earn his Masters in Civil Engineering. A few months after moving, Samun threw Hannah a surprise birthday party where he proposed to her!