Grace & Sachith

We met on move-in day of our freshman year at Yale and spent our college years in the same friend group. It wasn't until late in our senior year that we started to bond over our mile-long walks to City Climb, the local rock climbing gym. We spent late nights in the Berkeley library and our common rooms, musing about our excitement and trepidation for what the near future would hold, and what we might make of our lives.

In each other, we found both safety and adventure, a shared purpose in serving the world while holding close to us the people and places that loved and shaped us. At the time, Sachith had already accepted an offer at Google in San Francisco, and Grace was moving to Baltimore to start her graduate studies in public health. We started and would spend the majority of our relationship living on opposite sides of the country (and for one year, the world!). We cherished the time we spent together in person and learned, for multiple airports, the latest time we could arrive to still catch the flight (for Sachith, apparently, always 5 minutes after boarding begins).

After all these years, we now know how two people can grow up together, intertwine their lives and dreams, and aspire to shape each other into the versions of themselves that their childhood selves would be proud of. We are so grateful to celebrate our love alongside all of you, and we can't wait to see you soon!