Thank you for serving as a mentor for your program's migrant students. It matters! The National Mentoring Resource Center offers strong evidence that our student population benefits tremendously from quality mentor relationships.

Chances are you had (maybe still have) someone in your life who has mentored you and made a real difference in your life.

A 2014 publication titled The Mentoring Effect offered the following insights:

• Youth who had experienced adversity while growing up were more than twice as likely to volunteer in their community and hold a leadership position in a club or sports team.
• 74% of those who had a meaningful mentor say that person contributed significantly to their later success in life. 
• 85% of young people with a mentor say this key relationship has helped them with issues related to school and their education.  
• 58% of young people say their mentor has supported their mental health. 
• 60% of those under 40 years old are still drawing advice from their childhood mentors.