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Ollie & Zakiya

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Ollie Chell

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Zakiya Newsome

May 24, 2025

Chicago, IL

How We Met

Who would have thought?

For those that don't know, we met in the first year housing for students at North Park University. We had passed by each other in that building, the cafeteria, and the sports facilities multiple times, until one day Zakiya added Ollie on Snapchat. From there, they stayed in touch until one drunken night they ran into each other at McDonalds. Ollie, donning a fake automobile because the inside of the restaurant was closed, ordered food through the drive-thru (he got everything for free). This impressed Zakiya, leading her to ask how he got everything for free, in which Ollie replied, "It is not what you know, it is who you know". It is common knowledge that Zakiya loves her food, so was it that or the British accent that won her over? We will never know. From then on, Ollie and Z stayed in touch, supported each other at sports games, and studied together in the library... and the rest is history.

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