Rita and Santana met at Hamilton High School, Rita’s senior year and Santana’s junior year. They were friends first, although everyone knew how much Rita liked Santana. Rita went off to college at ASU and Santana finished his senior year at Hamilton. They remained in contact, but the timing to start a relationship was not right (according to Santana, Rita will argue it was a great time) . Over a year later, which was full of late nights, random hang outs, and a little bit of back and forth, Santana decided to make it official. The two have been together for 8 years this October 18th. Within those 8 years they have made memories, worked through two years of long distance while Santana played football at UCONN, created their little family with their 3 dogs, and built a relationship with an unbreakable foundation. They feel lucky to have each other in this world, and cannot wait to continue to grow together in this life.