Nina and Mikhail met as students at Brown University in 2000. They quickly fell in love and became inseparable, though they had very different personalities - Nina was calm while Mikhail was a "party animal." They graduated from Brown, moved to NYC together where they built careers and a life together. Mikhail proposed to Nina in 2008, and they married in 2009, drawing support from their friends who saw their strong bond and commitment to each other over the years.