Read two prize-winning essays below.
"Between artistic directors, choreographers and music directors, each person involved in every show I am a part of impacts me in varying ways. Among them all, none have ever had such a profound effect on me as Terry Fyke."
"Bob gives not only me, but many students and adults with whom he works, trust, independence and solutions in approaching difficult problems."
You can also pay a tribute to your mentor in our guestbook: https://myhero.com/guestbook
The mentors in these stories work alongside MY HERO to mentor youth and adults.
Eva Haller is the recipient of the Ban Ki-moon Mentorship Award and the Forbes Women Mentoring Award.
Cheri Gaulk has mentored hundreds of successful video/film projects in her roles as a Video Art teacher and director of the Summer Film Program at Harvard-Westlake.
Mentors who encourage students to submit to MY HERO
The short films below highlight the power to change a life through mentoring. Meet both mentees and mentors through the films.
Art that Celebrates Educators Who Act as Powerful Mentors
Cheikh is a true mentor to his students.
A section from a mural about life in Dakar
Cheikh encourages his students to be computer creative as well as computer literate.
Mohamed Sidibay is a global educator who inspires young men in Sierra Leone to go to school, to study and to understand technology.
External Links
National Mentoring Month
MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership
MENTOR’s mission is to fuel the quality and quantity of mentoring relationships for America’s young people and to close the mentoring gap for the one in three young people growing up without this critical support.
Harvard Mentoring Project
In collaboration with MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, other nonprofit partners, and leading communication companies, the Harvard Mentoring Project established the month of January as National Mentoring Month.
Learn about a New Hero Every Day of the Year: Visit the MY HERO Calendar
Share Your Hero Essays, Films and Art through our Create Program
Outstanding essays submitted to MY HERO will be considered for a certificate/t-shirt prize or be featured on the Story Homepage.
Submit your artwork to be entered in the MY HERO art contest or to be exhibited on our Gallery Homepage.
Students can submit their films for free with a waiver to the MY HERO International Film Festival.
Organizer created on 1/11/2017 10:27:28 AM by Becky Miller
Last edited 12/13/2023 1:25:05 PM by Abigail Richardson
