Laurel Taylor is the CEO and Founder of Candidly. Laurel previously led a global business unit at Google and holds her MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with an undergraduate degree from Texas State University. Laurel has experienced the impact of missing out on decades of compounding interest on wealth while paying down debt, between her and her highly educated mother. She is a subject matter expert on the interplay between student debt, savings, and retirement savings and has been a key contributor on The Hill, successfully advocating for legislation such as the CARES Act and SECURE 2.0.