For Luke, it was love at first sight when he and Rachel started their program on August 8, 2020 at the John Jay Institute. (He was even more impressed by Rachel's first seminar paper.) For Rachel, it was appreciation for Luke's willingness to share his crunchy peanut butter with her, but much confusion over whether he was just being friendly or if something more was going on. Thanks to their JJI friends, they began dating very soon after the program began. After John Jay, Luke and Rachel spent all of their pre-engaged relationship long distance, with Rachel moving to Arizona and later back to North Carolina for work, and Luke moving from California to Texas to start grad school. Luke proposed on March 15, 2022 in the park behind Rachel's childhood home, and Rachel moved to Texas later that year, bringing their Facetime-every-night chapter to a close. They've enjoyed exploring DFW's best coffee shops and bookstores since then and can't wait to keep adventuring together in 2023!