How did your love story begin?

We met each other going to the same undergrad and both sharing the love of music. We both play instruments and we’re in a lot of the same college bands. As cliché as this is the minute, I lay eyes on this man. I fell head over heels in love. It may have taken months for me to actually talk to him, but after that, we went out on a date and stayed up till 4 AM talking about everything. And now here we are all these years later.

What is your favorite memory you've shared as a couple?

I love rocks and fossils. We planned a trip to go to Northern New York and spent the day digging in the dirt for cool rocks and it was a fun day together doing something unique and being in the moment and having fun. My spouse is my best friend and I think that what makes him amazing is that he supports me unconditionally and vice versa.

What would you do with $20,000?

My husband is a neuroscience researcher and I’m a mental health counselor we graduated during a horrible time in the economy and I’ve been fighting our way back ever since. We would use the money to take a modest vacation pay down some debt and then use the remainder to help my husband get his first job as a primary investigator for Neuro immunology research. This has been his dream and anything that I can do to help make his and our dreams come true I will.