Life Changing Mentors

	Encourage the total growth of a young, promising person whose needs and interests are the mentor's primary consideration;
	Are connected with scholarship recipients, who over a two- to five-year period form a unique bond of friendship.

It has been our experience that mentorship:

	Helps students broaden their intellectual and cultural horizons;
	Assists students in improving academic performance, and completing an advanced education;
	Assists youth in accessing the resources, skills and tools needed for intellectual, emotional and economic independence.

Toward that end, we are here to help students develop leadership skills, a stronger
self-concept, healthy life choices, volunteerism and career exploration.

WHO ARE OUR MENTORS?
Our mentors are:

	Mature and trusted adults 25 and older who are a supportive resource to our scholarship students;
	Not required to have a college degree;
	Comfortable assisting a student through the college planning process under the guidance of Los Angeles County Schools' Dollars for Scholars board members;
	Reside all over the United States;
	Stable role models who provide a positive sense of identity and purpose.

Mentors are not asked to take the place or role of parents, teachers or counselors. There are no specific life experiences required of our mentors; we only ask that they be good listeners, reliable, patient, flexible and accepting of differences.