Dave and I met at SUNY Geneseo through a cappella. During most of our first year in the same co-ed group, we didn't interact much. It wasn't until Dave volunteered to set up for an event I was organizing that we really connected. We quickly became friends and started dating shortly thereafter. I was still a teenager when I met my soon-to-be husband and Dave not much older, but we both knew very early into our relationship that we'd found "the one."

Dave and I were on our way to visit friends in Rochester, or so I thought, in December of 2017. Dave claimed he needed to make a stop, so we took the next available exit - Geneseo, NY. Our alma mater was decorated for the upcoming holiday season and almost devoid of students, as finals were coming to a close. Dave parked outside of the music building where we'd had first met, and he went inside to "use the restroom." Upon returning, he told me to come inside, saying "there's something crazy going on, you need to see this." I was skeptical, but followed him to the room where auditions were held the first day we saw each other. It was there where Dave got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. Obviously, I said yes!