It was Jake’s first year at UC Berkeley. One evening, he was walking to dinner with a mutual friend when Ariea spotted them. She immediately texted, “Who is that cute guy you’re with?” The reply came back: “Jake Ramirez — want me to set you up?” The answer was an easy: “Yes!” Three years later, we moved into our first apartment together in Berkeley. It was a small studio, where we converted a closet to a bedroom, but it was enough to start on a life together! During Covid, we moved to San Francisco. Since then, it's been five more years of happily living in "the City", and going on adventures across the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, China and finally Australia - where we got engaged! After doing our official Civil Ceremony in December, at SF City Hall, we could not be more excited to welcome everyone to Jake's hometown (Lodi), to celebrate together!