AALEAD Mentoring Program

• A Mentor’s Journey

  by Donna J. Banzon, Asian American LEAD (AALEAD) Mentor, and Freidricka M. Camille, Mentoring Success Specialist Photo Courtesy of AALEAD Staff Often times in mentoring spaces, the narrative focuses on the mentee experience and the impact mentoring has on the mentees of the program.  Very little narrative is produced that reflects the journey of learning for the mentors.  Are mentors learning? If so, how has the mentori

• A Senior’s Journey with the College Mentoring Program

  By Freidricka Camille, College and Career Mentoring Program Coordinator, and Mecca C., Woodrow Wilson High School Alumna, Class of 2019

  Photos courtesy of Freidricka Camille

  With the summer behind us and the new school year upon us, we interview AALEAD alumna Mecca C. to hear her experience in the college prep program.

  

  By Neel Saxena, Executive Director

  Photos Courtesy of Freidricka Camille, College and Career Mentoring Program Coordinator

  AALEAD’s approach to out-of-school time p

• Youth Mentoring Program Spotlight

  By Emily N., Current Mentee and Ha Nguyen, Development & Communications Associate

  Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  Since its inauguration in 2002, the National Mentoring Month campaign is held and observed every January to raise awareness and promote youth mentoring in United States. This week, we are highlighting the

  College and Career Mentoring Program: A Mentee’s Perspective

  By Freidricka Camille, College and Career Mentoring Program Coordinator and Hawra A., Current Mentee

  Photo Courtesy of Freidricka Camille

  Happy National Mentoring Month!!! Every year in January, I look forward to reflecting on the positive impact that mentors have had in my life. I recall being in high school and broadening my perspective on issues outside of the influence of my parents. I also

• The New Kids on the Block: AALEAD expands programming to Arlington, VA

  

  By Neel Saxena, Executive Director

  Photos courtesy of Various Sources

  Over the past 10 years, Asian American LEAD went from a local youth development organization to the

• “I potentially want to be that adult that I needed in High School.”

  By Aaron Orpilla, DC Middle & High School Program Coordinator; and Iftakhar Alam, Communications Intern

  Photo Courtesy of Aaron Orpilla

  

• My Favorite AALEAD Moments, pt4.

  By Vi Bui, Youth Mentoring & Volunteer Programs Coordinator; Freidricka Camille, College & Career Mentoring Programs Coordinator; and Ha Nguyen, Development & Communications Associate

  Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  Founded in 1998, AALEAD initially served the large Vietnamese refugee community in the Columbia Heights area of Washington DC. As the dem