Laura Gogia, MD, PhD assisted in the design of Collaborative Curiosity and served as the first connected learning coach for the course. She is the Associate Director of the Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute (GEHLI) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and an independent educational consultant specializing in mixed methods research, innovative digital learning designs, and alternative evaluation strategies. Recent scholarship has focused on community engaged scholarship, participant success, and systems-level evaluation in higher education. Laura earned her doctorate in Educational Research and Evaluation and medical degree from VCU. In a prior professional life, she was a women’s health provider in rural Virginia and continues to be a fierce advocate for clinical translational research, knowledge accessibility, and health and wellness.