Gina Masso and Christopher Quimby

Dawn and Joseph Masso of Newtown announce the engagement of their daughter, Gina Masso, to Christopher Quimby.

The bride- and groom-to-be are residents of Newtown. They met while working on their respective master’s degrees in business and education at UConn. Chris proposed while they were on vacation in Mexico this past July.

Gina is a 1999 graduate of Newtown High School. She then did her undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Connecticut. She is now a fourth grade elementary teacher at McAlister Intermediate School in Suffield.

Christopher Quimby is the son of Michael Quimby and Deborah Boucher of Rochester, N.H. He also did his undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Connecticut, and is now a capital planning manager for Uniprise in Hartford.

A June wedding is being planned.