Roya proposed to Lauren during this golden hour photo shoot in the mountains of San Diego, California, on a fall October day. Roya approached the photographer, Kristyn Taulane, a year in advance when she decided to propose, and the two of them planned this session with a backstory that the photographer was doing a model call for her portfolio.
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Photographer: Kristyn Taulane Photography
Fin Leary Lavoie
Fin Leary Lavoie is an award-winning editor and journalist. He is currently the Communications Manager of the nonprofit We Need Diverse Books and on the faculty of Emerson College. Leary Lavoie was the senior editor for Equally Wed Magazine from August 2018 to March 2020. His work has been published in New York Times, Washington Post, Refinery29, Healthline, Teen Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Boston Globe Magazine, and more. In 2017, he was awarded a Bookbuilders of Boston scholarship for his dedication to amplifying marginalized voices and advocating for an equitable publishing and media industry. Fin lives in Boston with his wife and their two cats. You can find Fin on Instagram @finleary.