Felipe Aguilar talks with Isaiah Lopez, Recruitment Manager, Big Brothers Big Sisters, of South Texas (BBBSST) about the importance of helping young people navigate life through youth mentorship. He provides an overview of BBBSST’s mentoring programs and gives an example of the positive impact their organization made is making in the lives of mentees, mentors, and families by giving an example “success” story. Lopez also describes the qualities that BBBS looks for when matching a mentor with a mentee. Find them online at (https://www.bigmentor.org).
Original airdate: 3/3/2024
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Felipe joined EMF in 2003 and he covers New Mexico, a portion of CO, and the Western half of Texas, including the major market of San Antonio.
