Hoan and I met at a conference 4 years ago in Dallas, TX. I was coordinating speakers for the conference and Hoan had been selected as one of our workshop speakers. I had conversed with his assistant via email and did my brief google search on him prior to the conference to ensure he was a good fit, I saw a few pictures of him and didn’t really think much of it. Conference day came and I was running around frantically in my flip flops that morning ensuring everything was in place. Somehow, I ended up in the lobby at the exact same moment Hoan walked into the hotel. I remember seeing him and thinking, omg Hoan is here… this is slightly embarrassing where is the volunteer that was supposed to meet him here?! I did my best to act nonchalant and said, “oh my gosh, hi Hoan!” and I remember him leaning down, putting his bags down on the floor, and as he heard my voice knelt up looking at me and dashed his charming smile my way and said hello. In that moment, I was totally caught off guard and thought woah, he is way better looking in real life. I led him to the registration table and showed him where to place his belongings all the while trying to make casual small talk. As we parted ways that morning I couldn’t help but think oh thank God I was there to greet him because that would have looked poorly on our organization if he had been standing there not knowing where to go. But in addition to that, I was sort of taken back by how charming he really is.

You can watch the video of the proposal by going to www.HoanDo.com/proposal