Posts

Mentors make the difference

High-achieving DACA recipients had help along the way from families and communities After studying Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) recipients for seven years, Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Roberto Gonzales has seen, through their eyes, all the good and bad of the landmark immigration policy. Every story is different, and while DACA recipients […]

Foster care youth speak: We need career mentoring!

Hudson, A. (2015). Career mentoring needs of youths in foster care: Voices for change. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 26, 131-137. Background Once young adults age out of the foster care system they are more likely than their non-fostered peers to experience homelessness, poverty, incarceration, and a variety of mental health issues. According […]

iMentor in the news!

ENTREPRENEURS | 5/02/2013 @ 11:17AM |2,773 views Mentoring: A Commitment To The Next Generation Reprinted from FORBES Ashoka, Contributor Morgan Stanley CIO Steve Sparkes makes a case for how mentoring can ensure more students graduate high school and succeed in college. (Photo: iMentor) A college education is key to finding a job and building a successful […]