Meeting during senior year at Newton South High School, Sam and Marissa became friends. It was not until they were in college that they started dating. Despite the distance between Tufts and Georgia Tech, their relationship blossomed, bonding over their nerdiness, sense of humor, and compassion. When Marissa graduated from Tufts and took a gap year, she moved in with Sam in Atlanta, GA. After Sam's graduation from Georgia Tech in 2017, they took a two and a half month vacation in Europe, starting with a transatlantic cruise. Though their luggage had a brief reprieve in Portugal, they returned to the US and moved to Chicago, IL where Marissa attended medical school at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. They moved to Connecticut and bought a house when Marissa started her Pediatrics Residency at Connecticut Children's Medical Center. Now they spend their days with Marissa in the hospital and Sam working from home as a Supply Chain Analytics Manager for Redwood Logistics, as well as cooking for the couple and making sure the house doesn't fall apart.