I graduated high school from Taiwan, but attended an international school where I did the International Baccalaureate program. I applied to several colleges in the US and UK, and ended up attending Columbia in NYC. Brian was attending NJIT across the Hudson River in NJ at the time. We met online first, then met in person and started dating.

When I graduated from college, I applied to several graduate programs, but decided on Rutgers University. I kind of stayed on after...