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Get to know Team Hippo and Team Unicorn
Chelsea Johnson
Chelsea is a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner currently serving the community of Atlanta, GA. She received her master’s degree from Emory University and her Bachelor of Science in nursing degree from the University of Tennessee which is where she originally met Bianca. She has two dogs Allie and Christian and in her spare time loves reading drama fiction novels, binge watching fun Netflix shows, outside activities and dancing.
College/Sorority Sisters
My favorite memory with Bianca was doing drunk yoga on our graduation trip in 2012 in Miami Beach, Florida. We had one of our deepest heart to hearts in that moment and then had lobster and steak afterwards at a nice restaurant on the beach. Too much?? lol I would also say our weekend trip to Savannah Ga meeting her extended family for the first time and seeing her roots!
Jade gilstrap
Jade was raised in Memphis, TN but currently lives in Atlanta, GA with her sweet husband, Justin. Jade is a proud and loving daughter, granddaughter, sister, and aunt, and, by day, works as a Labor & Employment Attorney. Jade is a self-proclaimed foodie and never turns down a good meal. A few fun facts about Jade are that she is a burger aficionado; her favorite color is also her name; her guilty pleasure is watching the Bachelor/ Bachelorette; and her favorite pastime is taking naps :).
Circa de 2003 at or after (who really knows) a Collierville High School football game
My favorite memory of the bride centers around her first unauthorized house party (that I may or may not have thrown). The details are not important...
Eryk watson
The best basketball trainer around that loves helping kids win championships.
I met Bianca in elementary school and Korry through high school basketball
Bianca- seeing her do what she loves and perform on stage. Korry- turning up before games and winning a championship Both- Convincing Bianca to come to my get together where they originally met.
Kristen Bowling
I grew up in Seymour, Tennessee, where I currently live with my husband, Doug, and daughter, Rayna. I teach General Music at Farragut Intermediate school in Knoxville. I enjoy spending time with my family and pets, (Floyd, Leia, Lucy, Ethel, and Sirius), making music, and eating.
I met Bianca in the UT School of Music.
I have too many great memories with Bianca.- Fun Fact: She helped me meet my husband!
simone griffin
Simone is a marketing communications professional working in the pharmaceutical industry. She completed her graduate studies at Kennesaw State University with a Master of Arts degree in Integrated Global Communication and her undergraduate studies at the University of West Georgia receiving dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and Communication. In her spare time, Simone enjoys jet-setting around the world, trying new restaurants, reading books, watching movies, and hanging out with friends.
I met Bianca the day she was born ---Feb. 14, 1989. I'm her older sister.
Playing "cooking" in our backyard in Marietta with Bianca. We used various plants, flowers, tree branches/sticks, and dirt to create meals that we imagined in our heads. It was almost like a “Top Chef” cooking competition. Also, Bianca and I would play with our vast collection of barbies in the basement of our home in Marietta. We would use our imagination to build a little city /town that had real elements of life that we grew up watching on TV or in movies with our own fun, crazy story lines. We would play barbies all day long ---literally when the sun went up, until late a night. Best memories ever.
vera musg
I am Vera Rose and I have the pleasure of serving as one of the Ladies of Honor for Bianca and Korry! By day, I am an elementary school dance teacher and by night I am a dance team coach and dance business owner. Razor is my amazing eight year old chocolate colored pitbull who is never short on hugs and play. In my down time, I enjoy any activity that promotes socializing or relaxation. I have traveled to four countries in Asia.
umm at Dance 101 but apparently we would have met many ways as life would have it
Overall I love to watch you two support each other and show up for each other. You plan together and dream together and this quality shows up constantly when I am with you both.
Natalie ebolumGreetings everyone my name is Natalie I am Bianca's sorority sister hailing from the lovely University of Tennessee. Currently I am starting my third year of law school at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. #GEAUXTIGETS. Prior to law school I worked as an Adjunct professor in New York and a case supervisor advocating for children in the foster care system for CASA in New Jersey. When I'm not being an advocate for the disenfranchised or teaching criminal justice, I enjoy traveling the world, spending time with my family, dancing, teaching dance classes, doing arts and crafts [SIT projects] if and when time ever avails itself for me to have personal time. Because I'm still in school I am actively looking for employment hoping to get back on the east coast in New York by this time next year after passing the bar. I'm very excited about being a part of this Union as Bianca is very near and dear to my heart. I look forward to what this Union and their love has to bring not only for themselves but for the folks like myself who are super happy and elated about the love that they share.
MIP, the wonderful process known as MIP.
My favorite memory of Miss Bianca is when I helped her sister plan and celebrate her 21st birthday and Knoxville Tennessee. It was a rather large Sparkle filled production but it was amazing and I think everyone had a great time. We started with a small party at her apartment complex Clubhouse which we decorated in the best Bianca-ish way. I slaved to cook one of her favorites, shrimp alfredo for the party. We ended the evening with many, many drinks at TGI Fridays where Bianca ended up pretty much LIT to the 1000th degree, which was hilarious. Best moments.
Anthony washington
I work in the IT Department for the Douglas County Schools System. I am a graduate of Fort Valley State University where I received my B.S. in Computer Science and played linebacker on the Wildcat football team. I am a brother of the Gamma Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. I currently coach football and basketball for Kennesaw Mountain.
How he met the Hippo:
Korry and Ant met on the hardwood when he tried to block my shot. He bit my head and I put a whole in his mouth... and here we are today.
Favorite Memory: The very first night that they met. Korry and I rode together to a gathering at Eryk's house for the NBA Finals and a mutual friend of ours was just talking CRAZY. Long story short... neither Korry nor Bianca had an issue letting him know that he was tripping. It really did seem like Korry and Bianca just had some inexplicable connection the minute they were in the same room. They talked all night long... and here we are today.
Chris gilmore
Chris is an attorney in Atlanta. He was born in College Park and went to school in Fayetteville. He enjoys listening to ratchet music while having deep conversations about the world. ;-)
I met Korry at NC State when he was moving in his freshman year. I was his resident advisor. I was going around to the new students' rooms and when I came to Korry's room, he was putting up a map of Georgia. I said, "Welcome to NC State. Where are you from?" Korry turned to me, bowed his chest up, and said "MAY-RETTA". I said....cool. We will be friends. Haha. The rest is history.
My favorite memory is more recent. I love the joy that Bianca exudes from her activities with the Atlanta Shooting Stars, and I love Korry's support of her in her activities. It is something fun that shows their love for each other.
chris owens
Product Designer at a consultancy in Austin, working from companies that range from Fortune 500 to garage inventors. My main hobbies are working on cars and petting on cats.
Met Korry in the Industrial Design program at NC State.
When I moved, sight unseen, to Fort Lauderdale I made a stop in Atlanta and picked up Korry. During the day he helped me hunt for an apartment, and in the evenings we hung out at a beach-front hotel in Hollywood. He took an anxious and uncertain time and turned it into an awesome week that really helped me get my footing. Another of my favorite memories is the first time he visited Austin. Only a couple hours after he landed we were in my favorite basement club, Barcelona, drinking tall boy Lone Stars and dancing to an incredible hip-hop/ dubstep set.
Kerry richards
Korry’s Dad, the GOAT.
matthew head
Matthew Head, Film composer and music producer, I love to spend time with family friends. I am married to my beautiful wife Etasha Head and we have 2 children, Cooper and Clarke. Fun fact: I am left handed and I've met Oprah Winfrey.
Matthew and Korry's grew up together.
His favorite memory with korry is pending countless nights in the studio eating McChicken sandwiches.
nicole anderson
I oversee Sponsorship and Community Affairs for Delta Vacations. I love traveling and going to concerts/music festivals. I also enjoy spending time with my family, friends and pitbull, Kilo. Fun Fact: I've never broken a bone. *knocks on wood*
I believe Korry and Bianca met at Erica's house. I think he was sitting close to Bianca and they had a conversation and the rest is history.
My favorite memory of the bride and groom was having dinner with them a couple of weeks before Korry was going to propose. He and I got there before Bianca and he showed me a picture of the ring. He was so excited about the ring and spending the rest of his life with Bianca. We had a great time at dinner and I couldn't wait for him to pop the question because she had no clue it was coming. :)
Engagement Photos
Love is magic. Love is trust. Love is not luck; it’s fate.
We sat down with Bubba Carr with these phrases in mind for our engagement photos. To capture that sentiment, we decided to take photos of us doing “unlucky” things knowing that love will conquer all. Special thanks to the very talented Bubba Carr for working so creatively with us during the shoot.
