Carmen and Nick met during the first week of classes at MSU Denver in the 2019-2020 school year, they met while Carmen was canvasing for women's health advocacy. A conversation about health care access turned into a half an hour discussion of politics, favorite classes and similar music interests. They both knew that they wanted to see each other again. They began spending a lot of time together studying, sharing meals and playing with Mr. Potato Heads at the pizza place on campus. Finally, Nick told Carmen that he loved her and as luck would have it, she loved him back. Nearly four years later: they have three cats together, share an apartment and both feel very blessed to have found each other so early in life. They are looking forward to a long and happy life by each other's side.