Dan and Sheila's story is about the power of connections based on mutual interest and authentic engagement. They first met in 1996, when Dan was a senior at Brown University, navigating the career search process. Sheila was the career director and was mid-way through writing a book on how liberal arts grads find meaningful work. Sheila became Dan's advisor. Fast forward 20 years and Dan has an MBA plus significant experience in product management and strategy, as well as an interest in starting a new business in EdTech.  He reached out to Sheila for advice on higher education strategy relating to career outcomes.  Over lunch at a restaurant right before the COVID-19 pandemic closed everything down, they reconnected around their joint interests and individual expertise, deciding to join forces on solving what both of them believe is one of the most challenging problems in the country: Making sure that a college degree leads to better careers and better lives for all students.  And that's how Curatace was born.