Howard Dehner ’12 and Monica Cortez ’17

I met Monica’s identical twin sister, Cortney, at UCF in undergrad while in Alpha Kappa Psi, a co-ed professional business fraternity. I moved to Atlanta shortly after graduation, and in 2018, was on Bumble, a matchmaking site. I saw someone I recognized from UCF on the site; I thought it was Cortney, but it was Monica. One of Monica’s profile pictures was of the two of them. I sent a message through the site and never heard back; then I reached out to Cortney and told her I had messaged Monica on Bumble. If Monica wasn’t ready for anything serious, at least she would have another friend in Atlanta. We ended up going on a date, and Monica told me that she wasn’t really looking to date. She was focusing on her PhD at Emory. I respected this. She reached out to me a few months later … and the rest is history! We have been living together since 2020, and as season ticket holders, have been to multiple football games. Go Knights, Charge On from the “ATL Knight Knest!”