Ashlin and Blake met two years ago to this month at a science policy conference when Ashlin decided to join a table of other young people at lunch. They found out that they had similar research interests and kept in touch over the year sending research articles to one another and pep talking about grad school. The next year, at the very same conference, the group that they had hung out with weren’t there, so Ashlin and Blake buddied up attending most of the same panels and enjoying meals together. They soon realized that they had a lot more in common beyond research.