Our mentors give the most at-risk youth in our commnunities hope and opportunity by example and instruction.
From the prison yard to a college campus, and then on to a Fortune 500 accounting job, Victor Malin transformed his life.
We equip youth with the skills and self-confidence to reduce the chances of returning to a life of criminal behavior.
Growing up the odds were stacked against Victor Malin from ever making it out of the low income neighborhood he was born into.
Both parents were mentally ill and at theage of 9 years old he was taken out of his parents’ home and placed in foster care.
From then on he would go in and out of foster homes, group homes and juvenile detention facilities until finally at the age of 18 he found himself facing 17 years in prison.
As a young person making the decision to have a mentor in your life will be one of the wisest decisions you will ever make. Imagine having a guide and a coach to help you through the situations you face everyday. Imagine further having that coach who has been through waht you're going through so that they can give you experienced advice to help you through.
When I was young I was always a reachable kid. I just didn't have anybody that I really looked up to and respected enough to listen to...