Action Assignment

For most of this semester i've been part of a mentoring program right here in SMC. I mentor a first generation college freshmen and have regular meetings and sessions together with other Saint Mary's students. We've talked a lot about what it means to be Saint Mary's woman, but overall a woman. We've talked about issues of race and gender in SMC and outside this bubble of a school. As a mentor, I've tried to encourage her to try some new things like a womens studies course. She seems to be a very responsible young lady. Our sessions have focused on academics, future career possibilities, issues of race and racism, feminism, spirituality, etc. Together her and I will be mentoring a high senior from the community. We will also all three of us do a project together. While it feels nice to be a mentor, I think my mentee is very mature and doesn't really need my help. Yet, its nice to have a person to lean on if something else fails, and thats what I have tried to be for her. Since both of us are very busy, especially her, its hard to meet more often but our sessions always go along well.