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t m c » p u l s e | f e b r u a r y 2 0 1 9 9 Barreto even found her own romantic partner with a cheek swab. "As the CEO of a dating app, it would be unethical for me to meet someone on the app, but occasion- ally I do market research on other dating apps so I have 20 of them on my phone," she said. "I opened one of the dating apps and I had a message from a lovely man, but the message was about a month old and it was actually a really sweet mes- sage, but he was a redhead. … I've never dated a redhead. I like dark features, or so I thought." The two ended up going on a date and hitting it off, at which point, Barreto asked the redhead if she could swab his cheek to see if they were a match. It turns out they were in the top 10 percentile of compatibility. "This is why we are changing dating by using data," Barreto said. "I never thought I wanted a redhead because I thought I didn't like them, but I do. I had all of these social con- structs in my mind of what I thought I should be looking for in a person, but it's in your DNA. I thought I needed someone with an MBA who owned their own company, as well, and James is an elementary music school teacher and we jive so well." Barreto and Huang are working on another website for existing couples to test their compatibility through DNA. They hope to launch it this summer. And to those think Barreto's work sounds superficial, she has this to say: "Instead of working on some- thing for a patient who is already in the hospital and super sick, let's make people's lives better from Advance your career with the Master of Health Administration Degree from Texas A&M University The Executive Track of the Texas A&M University Master of Health Administration (MHA) Program is tailored for mid-career health professionals ready for their next step. Our 12-course, 48-credit hour master's degree takes 24 months to complete; spans both fundamental and contemporary topics in health administration; and emphasizes the leadership skills and practices required to address the range of issues currently facing health organizations and their leaders. For more information: https://sph.tamhsc.edu/degrees/mha/emha/ (979) 436-9483 MHA_info@tamhsc.edu Our MHA Program matches the lifestyle of busy health professionals: Format: Face-to-face class sessions meet one weekend each month Convenience: Courses are taught at the Texas Medical Center in Houston Focus: One 4-credit hour course at a time Expertise: Learn from nationally recognized faculty Barreto and Bin Huang, Ph.D., co-founder and chief technological officer of Pheramor, share a laugh. the get-go by decreasing the num- ber of bad first dates they have to go on so they can find compan- ionship and be happy. … We are humanizing dating using data. We are making people give humans a second chance."