# @rutgersu on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CteaNSftWrB
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/7250356-rutgersu-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-06-14T15:04:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rutgers University (@RutgersU) — https://gondola.cc/RutgersU

## Caption

For this week’s story of #HowWeMetAtRU, we have @matt_sontz & @a_tydysky ✨

"I am Matt Sontz from Wallington, NJ. Lillian Rodriguez was from Harrison, NJ. In 1996, I was a Rutgers engineering school sophomore living in the Kappa Sigma fraternity. Lillian was a freshman English major who commuted to Rutgers College from her dad’s home in Edison, NJ. We both worked at the then-new Lowes Theaters on Route 1. We would hang out at work, at my fraternity, all over campus, and downtown New Brunswick. We loved late-night runs to Pizza City in New Brunswick. We did everything together. We fell in love. 

I graduated in 1999 and went to Rutgers law school in Camden. We got married in 2002. We had our first son Tyler in 2003, and I graduated from law school. Lillian graduated in 2004, and we bought our first and only house in Westfield, NJ. We had our second son Dylan in 2007. We had our daughter Skylar in 2011. Our eldest son graduated high school in 2022 and went to college. He’s home for the summer! Our younger son is a lifeguard and wrestles for Westfield high school. Our daughter is finishing her first year of middle school. We have been married for 21 years. 

We love to look back at our time at Rutgers. Our son attends the Rutgers wrestling camp every summer. We love our chance to return home and reminisce about where we started. Thank you, Rutgers! We love you!"

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rutgers University | @RutgersU | https://gondola.cc/RutgersU | University |
| Marques Ruiz | @digitallysober | https://gondola.cc/digitallysober | Social Media Manager |
| Marques Ruiz | @digitallysober | https://gondola.cc/digitallysober | Copywriter |

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