Aileen and Tom met at Clarkson University in 2015 (Let's Go Tech!). Aileen was assigned to be Tom's thesis mentor and they hit it off on their first mentor assignment over coffee in the CU Student Center. They went out for one date...and it was a total fail. Incredibly awkward! The two drifted apart for a few years but eventually reconnected while working for General Electric in Schenectady NY. They hit it off a second time and their second date was much more successful than the first. They got engaged two years later and here we are!