- legal name: David Martin Dwiggins
- family know him as “David”
- friends know him as “Dave,” or “Dwig”
- has a beard
- is from Takoma Park, Maryland
- attended Syracuse University and majored in English and Journalism
- lived in Nashville for seven years, where he worked at The Tennessean and lived in East Nashville
- Moved to Boston, went to Simmons, and now works for Historic New England
- used Christmas ornaments to spell out his wedding proposal to Kate
- wrote his History master’s thesis on Dudley Square in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, where the wedding and reception will take place