Nicole and Alan both attending Cal State Northridge and were both majoring in Public Health. Throughout college, both Nicole and Alan never really knew each other existed until the last semester in 2015. In one of their classes, Nicole started to sit towards the back of the class where Alan would usually sit. One day, they both started to talk about fitness and working out. Nicole mentioned to Alan "hey, we should workout together sometime!" and gave Alan her number. A couple days went by and crickets...Nicole never heard from Alan! Finally, after two weeks, he got the courage to message Nicole. After texting non stop, Alan asked Nicole out on a date to go get some frozen yogurt. About a month of getting to know each other, on April 23, 2015 at the local park Alan asked Nicole to be his girlfriend. Six years later, the weekend of May 1, 2021 Nicole and Alan planned a weekend trip to go to Utah to visit his cousin, Adrian, his girlfriend Yami, and family friends, Mike and Andi. When planning for this trip, Alan booked horseback riding for everyone. Nicole was very surprised when Alan mentioned this to her since she is the one that usually plans and coordinates everything. In Nicole's mind she thought "maybe Alan is finally going to propose!" but then quickly told herself..."nah, don't get your hopes up!" The day they all went horseback riding, it started to rain and thunder. The instructor pulled Alan aside and ask "hey, is this still a surprise?" (which Nicole heard by the way!) Unfortunately, they had to reschedule the horseback riding for the next day due safety reasons. On their way back, they decided to pull over to a nearby area with a beautiful view. Alan asked Andi to take some pictures of him and Nicole! After a couple of pictures, all of a sudden Alan gets down on one knee and pulls out a ring! Nicole said "Are you serious, is this really happening?!" Even though Alan's original plan was to propose during houseback riding, it was perfect!