Lanna Lee Nakone recently became engaged to Bradley Robert Cairns while vacationing in New York City.

The bride-to-be has a master's degree from McMaster University in Canada and is the owner of Organized World. As an organizing consultant, author of "Organizing for Your Brain Type" and "Every Child Has a Thinking Style," and columnist with the Napa Valley Register, she is working on her third book and finishing chaplain studies at her church.

The prospective groom received his Ph.D. in cell biology from Stanford University and performed his post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical School. He is an associate professor of cancer biology and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the Hunts Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The couple plan to be married in St. Helena on Sept. 22. They will make their home in Salt Lake City and in St. Helena.