About the bride

Brittany was born in Naples, FL, but grew up in Charlotte, NC where she attended and graduated from Charlotte Country Day School in 2001. She went to Elon University completing a bachelors in psychology in 2005.She was a very involved student at Elon and that led to her meeting Derek. Although their first meeting was a kind fellow helping a young lady open her campus box, they got to know each other working together in Leadership and New Student Orientation.Following Elon, she attended Vanderbilt University. She graduated from Vandy in 2007 with a Master's of Education. She left Nashville, and many wonderful new friends, in early 2007 to move to Philadelphia.Brittany currently works as a Child Life Specialist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.