Technically, Kylie and Sam met as seventh graders in 2003 at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC. Like any classic love story, their friendship truly began in a high school science classroom in 2006, where, as Sam tells it, their chemistry was hard to deny. A few awkward high school dances later--and in spite of Kylie's aversion to Star Wars and Sam's initial aversion to Dancing with the Stars--the rest became history. After college, Kylie and Sam lived in DC for three years before moving to Eugene, Oregon in 2016 to both pursue graduate degrees in education. While back in DC now, they are partial to the hiking trails of the Pacific Northwest, which inspired Sam's proposal to Kylie in August 2019 at Looking Glass Falls in Asheville, North Carolina. They both love teaching and adventuring, and Kylie is now the second-biggest Orioles fan in their apartment.