Latinas, understanding what it’s like to be the first in their families and neighborhoods to enter certain spaces and fields, are building mentorship programs specifically designed to help younger women navigate (and dismantle) systems that were never made for them.
"Receiving mentorship from someone who looks like you doesn’t guarantee identical social and cultural experiences, but it does increase the likelihood of a shared understanding of issues like colorism, systemic racism, machismo, classism, and xenophobia — and this cultural competency can radically transform the effectiveness of mentorship."