Having a mentor is more than seeing someone every 2 weeks. It's a friend. Whenever you feel alone or sad you can always talk to them. When I started the mentoring program I thought it was going to be more rules to tell me what to do. It's not like that though; the mentoring program is fun, helpful, and provides someone I can count on. It's more than a program to me. It's two people becoming friends.

I have been focused on helping youth throughout my career. But, there is something special here, with the one-on-one support and the passion of the team. As a teen youth who struggled, it was the people around me that helped me succeed and create a new life. I see this program as offering that to youth. I jumped in to help, and am so excited about the program being offered.

I became a navigator because I wanted to help others have the resources that I didn't. Just because I became a young parent, didn't mean I wished for anything different than any other young person. In fact, I do this because I want to help other teen parents have what they need.

It is so important to have people who care about me, not judge me. It makes it so much easier to try.