App-based Mentoring for Latina/o/x Youth Success and Well-being

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What is Positivity Outward?
Positivity Outward created an app that connects youth with mentors for success and well-being. Youth are guided to achieve their goals in self-discovery, mental health, career, even balance or productivity. Mentors choose the topics they provide support for, while mentees choose the mentors and topics needed for their goals.

What students will I be mentoring?

Our mentees are low-income, first-generation, Latino high school students in Los Angeles. Most of them have never even talked to someone who went to college, so they need your guidance!

What is my role as a mentor?

Your role is to guide students to be successful and well by helping them to reflect through mindful questioning and act through goal setting, while drawing on your personal experiences. Mentees choose their mentors using the information in your profile, which includes tags to represent your strengths and experiences.

How do students grow through this mentorship?

Our program is based on the latest research and evidence for youth mentoring. Your guidance empowers students to develop self-awareness, self-management, and responsible decision-making skills. Students will feel confident, resilient, and connected. This toolkit of skills contributes to long-lasting well-being.

What is required to become a mentor?

All mentors complete an interview, a background check, Question Persuade Refer (QPR) training for suicide prevention, and a group orientation that covers topics like how to guide reflection and action, along with the neuroscience behind our program. PO covers all mentor training costs.

You must commit to mentoring for the academic year, which includes responding to messages within 48 hours and checking in biweekly with PO staff.