Grace and Mike, thank you again for conceiving of, starting, and refining this amazing program. You guys must do a TED Talk so the program can be an inspiration and model for other communities and industries. The program is an act of generosity, from you and anybody who assists you to strategize, refine the tools, write the announcements, schedule the events, manage the platforms, to the mentors that commit to 3 months of attention to another person, to even the mentees because I think they give back to the mentors, even if just by validating the mentors’ knowledge. I would like to write a post about the details of my projects, but this is a post about my overall experience across two back-to-back semesters of mentorship. I am incredibly grateful for my two mentors - two lovely people who I feel will be friends and allies forever. My Fall mentor was Mandela Fernandez-Grandon, a designer in the UK. His game Glasgow (he’s Scottish) is high on Rhado’s list of favorite games of 2020. I b