Happy 20th Anniversary to SisterMentors! You have so much to celebrate! I have so much to be grateful for because of my participation in SisterMentors. It was really the relationships in my life that got me through the dissertation. I count Dr. Lewis, and the women in SisterMentors who I was surrounded by, among my most important cheerleaders. Because of SisterMentors, I have a toolbox of self-care skills. Community, healthy food, yoga, meditation, etc. are all the things that I will turn to. SisterMentors has given me and repeatedly reinforced these important gifts to help me to flourish. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Genevieve Abena Yirenkyi, Ph.D.
The way I found out about SisterMentors was through my oldest sister, Caroline. It was December 2001 and it had been six months since I had relocated back to Maryland, after living and schooling in California for three years. I was literally, "burnt out" in every...