Aliza and Jared grew up a few blocks away from each other. They attended the same private school from kindergarten through eighth grade, as well as the same high school. However, their age difference of one year kept them apart, until they met as day-camp counselors in 2009. Six years later, Aliza had been working in Lima, Peru. When she was done, Jared met her in South America so they could travel to Iquitos, Peru, as well as tour the Amazon River. On the last day of the trip, Aliza was starting to suffer the effects of the heat without having shade or water. As she told her beloved of her health concerns he said, “Well don’t kill me, but I have to ask you something,” and dropped to one knee.
