This program will walk you through the tenets of BEACON - Belonging, Empathy, Acceptance, Connection, Opportunities, and Negotiations/Networking within the context of mentoring. You will gain insights on how to better support your mentees through this framework. Through asynchronous content and biweekly live support Zoom calls, you will leave this program empowered to work with your mentees in a new and better way.

Zoom calls will be in the evenings on October 5th, 19th, and November 9th, 7-8pm EST.

LaToya Childs is one of our BEACON Leaders and a native of Atlanta, GA. She has spent 20 years in the interpreting profession and currently is an interpreter educator. Her passion includes mentoring novice and aspiring interpreters. She attended the Master Mentor Program where she learned methodologies, theories, and practices to be an effective mentor. She is currently President of the National Alliance of Black Interpreters- Atlanta chapter and co-chair of their mentoring program.