Our story

We met in 2015 as students at UC Merced. Like the Rihanna song - we found love in a "hopeless place". If you know us, you know Dana's the one who can start a conversation with anyone, anywhere - and probably won't stop talking until tomorrow.  Roman's the steady presence with the patience of a saint, possibly one of the few people with enough energy reserves to listen to Dana's endless stories.


Our story has taken us through 5 different apartments across California - from San Francisco to San Diego, with stops in Oakland and now Alameda. Along the way, we've stamped our passports in 11 countries, but it was a perfect day in Costa Rica in 2022 that stands out as the best day of both our lives (and yes, we both picked the same day without knowing it). That's actually what inspired us to bring everyone to Papagayo for our wedding - we figure if one day there was that magical, imagine what we could create with all our favorite people in the same place.


These days, you can find us chasing around our mini goldendoodle, Otis, who's basically our practice child and professional slipper thief. We're proof that the whole "opposites attract" thing actually works - Dana brings out Roman's adventurous side, and Roman somehow manages to keep Dana's feet on the ground (most of the time).

Our story

We met in 2015 as students at UC Merced. Like the Rihanna song - we found love in a "hopeless place". If you know us, you know Dana's the one who can start a conversation with anyone, anywhere - and probably won't stop talking until tomorrow.  Roman's the steady presence with the patience of a saint, possibly one of the few people with enough energy reserves to listen to Dana's endless stories.


Our story has taken us through 5 different apartments across California - from San Francisco to San Diego, with stops in Oakland and now Alameda. Along the way, we've stamped our passports in 11 countries, but it was a perfect day in Costa Rica in 2022 that stands out as the best day of both our lives (and yes, we both picked the same day without knowing it). That's actually what inspired us to bring everyone to Papagayo for our wedding - we figure if one day there was that magical, imagine what we could create with all our favorite people in the same place.


These days, you can find us chasing around our mini goldendoodle, Otis, who's basically our practice child and professional slipper thief. We're proof that the whole "opposites attract" thing actually works - Dana brings out Roman's adventurous side, and Roman somehow manages to keep Dana's feet on the ground (most of the time).

Our story

We met in 2015 as students at UC Merced. Like the Rihanna song - we found love in a "hopeless place". If you know us, you know Dana's the one who can start a conversation with anyone, anywhere - and probably won't stop talking until tomorrow.  Roman's the steady presence with the patience of a saint, possibly one of the few people with enough energy reserves to listen to Dana's endless stories.


Our story has taken us through 5 different apartments across California - from San Francisco to San Diego, with stops in Oakland and now Alameda. Along the way, we've stamped our passports in 11 countries, but it was a perfect day in Costa Rica in 2022 that stands out as the best day of both our lives (and yes, we both picked the same day without knowing it). That's actually what inspired us to bring everyone to Papagayo for our wedding - we figure if one day there was that magical, imagine what we could create with all our favorite people in the same place.


These days, you can find us chasing around our mini goldendoodle, Otis, who's basically our practice child and professional slipper thief. We're proof that the whole "opposites attract" thing actually works - Dana brings out Roman's adventurous side, and Roman somehow manages to keep Dana's feet on the ground (most of the time).