Zach and Sydney met at the campus library while attending Kent State University as undergraduates. Zach was a junior working there as a tutor, and Sydney was there for help in her only non-nursing class in her first college semester—sociology. What began as brief weekly conversations in the library slowly grew into something more. Zach asked Sydney on a formal date through an Instagram DM one month later. They went on their first date, and on November 14, 2017, they officially became a couple. Kent State University holds a special place in their love story. It is not only where they met, but also where Zach proposed to Sydney.