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Why Having a Mentor Who Looks Like You Changes Lives
Dr. Ellen Ochoa might never have become the first Latina woman to travel to space in 1993.

Finding Balance at Boarding School with Mentor Max Steinert
Max Steinert, a Curious Cardinals mentor and current sophomore at Princeton University, is one of those students who seems to “do it all” – thriving in academics, sports, and his social life – with ease. Max grew up in Concord MA, where he was a day student, or, as he says “95% boarding student,” at the nearby boarding school, Groton. He excelled there in every department: graduating summa cum laude, a math prize-winning whiz, captain of the Varsity soccer team, and dorm prefect.