LEADERSHIP AND LIFE SKILLS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

The WVI Dolphin Foundation and partners have developed a unique hybrid in - person and virtual Leadership and Life Skills Mentorship Program wherein volunteer mentors including celebrity athletes, veterans, and accomplished business entrepreneurs and executives – support underserved High School aged youth, Blue and Gold-Star children (ages 15-18) by sharing their remarkable stories of overcoming adversity within the character development component of the program. In tandem, compelling program modules are focused on STEM, job readiness training, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, Leadership as Service, and more. Click to view a FULL PRESENTATION on our Leadership and Life Skills Mentorship Program.
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Our program is a hybrid - in person and virtual - series of modules that will guide you towards a Leadership Certificate and REAL LIFE connections!

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We inspire those who are fortunate to pivot toward “give back” – wherein they can utilize their prestige, wealth, and power to make a disproportionate impact on underserved youth and veterans.

Our mentees are exposed to opportunities in Cybersecurity and AI, Wind, Solar and Power, Climate Management, Networking, Financial Literacy, and Leadership as Service. REGISTER FOR THE REMAINING MODULES IN 2023.

STEM: INFO-TECH, CYBER SECURITY & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Friday, September 29, 2023
5:30 – 7:30 PM at Pier 57, New York, NY

Learn about Info-Tech opportunities including: job types, salaries, and educational resources including GOOGLE CODE NEXT

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CAREER DEVELOPMENT: NETWORKING

Thursday, October 19, 2023
5:30 – 7:30 PM at the NYPD Brooklyn Community Center

Build connections with the WVI DF’s network of professionals and learn to represent yourself for success in the workforce!

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*We welcome referrals from corporate allies to fund and develop additional STEM modules in the 2024 year for Aerospace & Aviation, Manufacturing and more.

Our end goal is to produce a growing network of diverse, service-oriented young leaders who in turn mentor others, become high performing employees in the for profit and/or non-profit sectors — and contribute to society as a whole.

OUR PROGRAM PROVIDES:

  • 1. A succinct overview of STEM career paths and their financial rewards in the following areas:

    • Info-Tech
    • Life Sciences

  • 2. Clarity on the training and specific resources required to attain success through the following:

    • Networking – Mentees learn the value of making connections in professional settings, by developing core values such as Leadership as service, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy. Mentees will also learn to professionally represent themselves to become serial connectors.

    • Job Readiness – Mentees learn resume writing tips and interviewing skills. This behavioral based module teaches the essential forms of business etiquette, as well as the steps of an interview process, how to prepare for company meetings, researching ahead of time, and then performing during the interviews.

  • 3. Hands on professional guidance to co-create individual career action plans

    We co-create with our mentees their career action plans which are accessible through their profiles created on our website platform. These career action plans are revisited and evolve throughout their participation in our program, culminating in their receiving a certificate of achievement.

  • 4. Upon the completion of 3 modules, mentees earn Leadership Certificates that will boost college / trade school applications and job opportunities

    Mentees are required to choose 2 in person modules to attend, and 1 virtual module available online – see below. Upon the completion of their modules, mentees receive a Leadership Certificate that will boost their college / trade school applications and/or job opportunities.

  • 5. Certificate Awardees receive direct introductions to potential corporate employers sourced from our robust WVI Dolphin Foundation ecosystem.

Our Leadership and Life Skills Mentorship Program has introduced our program to over 200 youth through 6 successful modules focused on Leadership as Service, Youth Sports Education, Financial Literacy, Entrepreneurship, and Info-tech.

  • Over 200 mentees follow our program and are in our database — growing
  • 70 engaged mentees have created profiles on our platform
  • In 2022 we mentored a cohort of over 25 students
  • 12 students earned their program graduation certificates in 2022 – and are now Program Ambassadors.
  • We are on track to graduate 33 students in 2023
  • 45 mentees attended our Job Readiness module in February 2023. 7 of these mentees are either serving in the National Guard or are in military families.
  • 65 mentees attended the BNL Sustainability module on Climate Change and Renewable Energy in April and July 2023
  • Our program mentorship was successful via the 32 successful business people who participate and volunteer in our program modules.

FEEDBACK FROM MENTEES

Jeremiah Smith, Age 17 – Bronx Aero Space High School

I go to Bronx Aerospace High School. In my opinion the best part of the workshop was getting to see a tour of the building. What interested me the most was learning about the 36 different jobs that I could possibly work for in the engineering industry. I would love to pursue a career in sustainability that consists of helping people when they are in need which is why I applied for the FDNY to become an EMT.

Andrew Souhrada, Age 17 – South Hamilton High School

Through the mentors I develop a clear understanding of who I want to be, where I want to go, and what I have to do to achieve it. The combination of some understanding of different fields, keeping in mind the leadership, and having the mentors to guide me through the program leads me to become more involved in clubs. I am more involved in terms of helping my teammates on my sports team. I became a club president.

Yassine Boukaissi, Age 18

The WVI Dolphin Foundation has help me succeed in my highschool career through skills that they have taught me like resume building, how to speak in interviews, and how to really present myself in certain scenarios and networking skills, more about entrepreneurship and i was really able to receive a letter of recommendation from the WVI Dolphin Foundation and they attach that to my MIT admission and I got admitted. I am really excited about that.