Maria grew up in Greenfield, IN, a smaller city just outside Indianapolis. She went on to attend Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, IN for her undergrad and attended Northwestern University in Evanston, IL for her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology. She eventually decided to move to Minneapolis in 2017 to pursue her career and be closer to her sister’s family. She is now the Clinic Director at Sora Therapy in Otsego, MN. Danny grew up on the Southside of Chicago in a city called Oak Lawn, IL. He went on to attend Western Michigan University where he started his career in coaching. He started with the football program in 2010 and eventually became a graduate assistant for the Broncos before moving to Minneapolis in 2017 to join the coaching staff at the University of Minnesota. He has since become the Safeties Coach and Defensive Pass Game Coordinator for the Gophers. Although we both moved to Minneapolis in January 2017, we finally found each other in August 2020. Our commonalities of growing up in the Midwest, family trips to Ft. Myers Beach, attending Catholic school, the importance of family, and our easy going personalities led to an immediate connection. Our love, support, and appreciation for each other came easy and the rest is history. Our families have seamlessly joined as one and can't wait to have a front row seat for what is to come as we get married and start a family.