Jana Poirier was born and raised in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Following her family tradition, she attended Auburn University and graduated in 2003 with a degree in finance. After graduation, she went into the field of forensic accounting. Her work had her traveling often, and due to such she ended up in San Francisco in 2007. “It was supposed to be a six-month training program, and then she was going back to her Atlanta office when she was done. But it didn’t quite work out that way,” Matt adds with a laugh. Matt grew up in California, originally hailing from the San Jose area. He attended college at Arizona State University and later transferred to finish his education at a university in San Diego. He was living and working
back in San Jose in 2007, helping with his family’s business. The two had a meeting of circumstance on the train to work one night. Jana recalls, “I got on the train, and I saw Matt. We had never met before but we just kind of made eye contact, and I went to sit at the back of the train, but I really wanted to say ‘hello’. I’m pretty outgoing and thought ‘I want to say hi to this guy and get to know him.’ Well, I get off the train and didn’t see him the second time around. So as I was walking home, I saw this guy and ran up and said ‘oh hey!’...and it wasn’t Matt! I thought I had lost the opportunity to talk to him and that he was gone forever. I even called my mom and told her about this guy and how this chance had slipped through my fingers and that I’d never see him again.