We're getting married!

We met at Indiana University where we both received our Ph.Ds in political science. Rafael told Laura when she was deciding whether or not to attend Indiana University that living in the midwest would take "a lot of adjusting coming from the Northeast," but overall they both did very well in Bloomington.

After graduate school, Laura had a job as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. We made the decision to move to Pittsburgh together and explore a new city for a year. Following Pittsburgh, we both secured jobs in Philadelphia, Laura at Saint Joseph's University and Rafael at the University of Pennsylvania. We currently live in Philadelphia, where we have a small garden and a lot of books.

Rafael proposed at home on October 5, 2019 prior to an already scheduled get together with our friends around our backyard fire pit. The ordinary party turned into an impromptu engagement party. We look forward to continuing to celebrate with everyone in Bristol.