Lalla Arkia and Yacouba are both originally from Mali, West Africa. Without knowing it, they lived similar lives and even crossed paths a few times during their childhood before officially meeting. After graduating from high school in 2010, both Yacouba and Lalla Arkia moved to the United States to pursue higher education in different states. A few years later, when they finally officially met, by talking, they discovered that their parents had attended the same university in Russia and their fathers had worked for the same company in Mali. It was like their meeting was written in the stars. Fast forward Valentine's day 2017, Yacouba proposed to Lalla Arkia and the couple is now excited to unravel their destiny together.