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Tess McCay is executive director of Charity Mentors Oxfordshire, which provides pro bono mentoring for charity leaders in the county.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2025

Mentors at the Sundance Labs, including Robert Redford, helped Williams conquer his insecurities about leaping from nonfiction storytelling.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

Mentors help shape not only who young researchers will become, but also how they see themselves in their fields.

From Science Magazine • May 23, 2023

Mentors who remember Matt recall a similar pattern: When they first met him, he was shy, but once they established a rapport, he was bright, talkative and funny.

From Washington Post • May 18, 2022

"And now, my gravest of Mentors, what must a poor ignorant female Telemachus do, so that the world may not trample on her too heavily?"

From The Eustace Diamonds by Trollope, Anthony