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Ean Garrett is a legacy mentor. Ean has experienced the power of mentoring and has become a mentor himself. His hope is that mentoring relationships will be a reality for every child in every city in the country.
In 1999, I interviewed and was accepted into a local mentoring program called Pro Pal Plus. My first mentor was Maggie Kalkowski, who was the coordinator for the program. Later, I met James Waller, a senior vice president for MENTOR, who kindly decided to mentor me. Ive been involved in mentoring for over six years and I thank Maggie and James because their mentoring has been key to my success.
My aunt Mary Ann, without a doubt, has been the most influential person in my life, because she is more than an aunt. She has been a second mother to me. She has treated me like her own child and has nurtured my talents while supporting my dreams. If I ran for President today she would cast my first vote.
I would recommend Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki. As an individual from a low-income background, I consider this book to be a further inspiration to my future dreams of financial stability. I believe that this is a good read regardless of your economic status.
I am, a firm believer in service: service to one's family, service to one's community and service to ones country. Ideologies such as this have made America the greatest country in the history of the world. The concept of giving back not only out of benevolence but because it is right defines service just as much as it defines what mentoring is all about.
Gattaca is a movie that totally encompasses my own quest for a goal who few believe to be possible. In the movie the main character has dreams of reaching the stars, while I dream of one day reaching the White House. I am sucker for any movie where the underdog prevails, and hopefully I'll prevail, too.
Actually, I loved every second of high school and surprisingly I wouldn't change a thing!
For the most part I read "The Hilltop," which is Howard University's school newspaper, which was recently acclaimed the #1 college newspaper by the Princeton Review.
I would like to see a day when mentoring becomes the norm throughout society. Mentoring has come a long way, but there are still millions of children who deserve the same opportunities that I have been given. If we can accomplish these goals then our children and grandchildren will live in a better world.
