When you were young, did you know how to study for a test or make plans for college? Do you remember wanting your first car or looking for a part-time job?

Simple things that may seem easy or straightforward to you now may be a complete mystery to a young person.

1 in 3 young people will grow up without having a mentor

– either through a formal mentoring program or informally through a family friend or community member –
leaving them disconnected from a critical resource to help with these very things.