A Shanghainese, Zhang won a scholarship to study voice at BYU. Once, unable to find an accompanist for a competition, a friend asked Chen to help out, and that is how they met.
張瑞康是上海人，拿了獎學金來楊百翰大學專攻聲樂，有一次歌唱比賽找不到伴奏，朋友臨時請陳昭妃來代打，兩人就這樣認識了。