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choices in a particular mentorship cycle and geographic proximity of mentors to mentees. Students who may not receive their top choice are invited to participate again for an opportunity to match with industry of choice. The program has been quite successful with tremendous outreach and constant need to broaden/increase our mentor database to keep up with the high demands/wanted of the mentees.
In addition to our one-on-one mentorship program we provide various workshops for students in grades 9-12, which include college essay writing workshop, resume writing workshop, public speaking workshop, financial literacy workshop to name a few. This year, Align Us held its’ very first conference titled Dream it, See it, Be it! Pathway to Your Future. The event was a unique leadership conference that was for students between the ages of thirteen to twenty-two. The conference brought together renowned industry titans from across the country and world, Tedx speakers, leaders in business, finance, medicine, media & arts to speak directly and candidly to our students. The sessions consisted of “Mastering Public Speaking, Getting Ahead and Staying There, When Passion Drives Creativity, How to Ace an Interview, Be More to Achieve More & Into the Lion’s Den” a unique competition where students had the opportunity to pitch their business proposals to our serial entrepreneurs, finance and business leaders with a $1000 grand prize for the winning pitch. The conference also allowed for ample networking so that students could interact one-on-one with our mentors to gain insight from them.
The program continues to grow and is rewarding for both our mentors and mentees who are matriculated at prestigious universities, Stamford, Berkley and NYU to name a few. Mentors have the reward of giving back to students and helping to shape a young person’s future, as well as being able to network with colleagues in same and different industries.
The future goal of Align Us is to continue to grow across the country and gain more mentors in order to be able to provide much needed career guidance for our youth. Additional goals would be to host yearly leadership conferences across various cities in the United States in order to reach students where they are.