January 27, 2011: Dora transfers into Swupnil's floor in the UC Berkeley Foothill dorms. They bond over watching The Office, playing Sonic the Hedgehog and eating Milano cookies. August 5, 2011: Swupnil takes Dora on their first date, having Ethiopian food in Berkeley and watching Billy Elliot (the musical) in SF. July 16, 2012: Swupnil travels to LA for Dora's birthday to visit her family for the first time. (It goes really well!) May 15, 2013: Swupnil graduates from UC Berkeley and moves to New York City to pursue his PhD at Columbia. May 15, 2014: Dora graduates from UC Berkeley and moves to Los Angeles to work at UCLA. December 2015: Swupnil accompanies Dora to medical school interviews in Washington, California and New York. August 5, 2016: On their 5th anniversary, Swupnil attends Dora's white coat ceremony, marking the beginning of her MD at UCSF. June-July 2017: Dora and Swupnil spend 2 months traveling through 13 countries in Western Europe. October 5, 2017: Swupnil finishes his PhD at Columbia and returns to SF to work at Tesla, reuniting with Dora after 4 years of long distance. August 17, 2019: Swupnil proposes to Dora inside the Foothill dorms where they first met.