We met while working. Sammy was working at Geek Squad in Best Buy while getting his MSc degree, and Natasha was working at Best Buy after graduate school while pursuing a career in her field. Sammy quickly asked Natasha to coffee after work where they had good conversation until the place closed, and Natasha left quickly leaving him confused as to whether she was into him or not. Despite that, he asked her to dinner, and he knew he made the right move when she showed up in a dress; they had another night filled with more conversation enlightening them on how much they had in common. After a few months of random dates, lots of Pokemon, and some sci-fi, they officially started dating that September.
Natasha and Sammy now live in Irvine, California. Sammy is a Software Developer, but enjoys doing Indie Game Development on the side for his LLC, Retrograde Games. Natasha is a Research Scientist for Blizzard Entertainment, maker of epic video games. They enjoy riding their bicycles, eating good and unique food, going to the movies, playing games together (board games and video games), travelling the world (see our travel blog page), and going to events and conventions near them (Blizzcon every year!). They are also learning to speak Arabic together.