Sep 17, 2014 | Testimonials

I am deeply grateful to SisterMentors for creating a wonderful cohort that helped me to complete my doctorate. As one of the few Tibetan women in the West, and the first in my family, to earn a doctorate, I am honored to have been a part of this wonderful program. I am most admiring of SisterMentors’ ability to connect women of color Ph.D.s to mentor girls of color from at-risk communities to realize their educational goals. It is a privilege to help empower these girls, many of whom I see as future leaders. Dr. Lewis’s passion for this work, her own background, and her vision are all a great inspiration to me and to other Ph.D.s who want to make a difference in the world.

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Danielle White, Ph.D.

I joined SisterMentors soon after I began working on my dissertation in October 2002. A co-worker gave me an article about the program and I was immediately interested. What appealed to me most was the opportunity to be around other women of color who were in the...

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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...

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Codou Diaw, Ph.D.

When I joined SisterMentors in September 2002, it was in anticipation of the dreadful isolation of dissertation writing. I was looking for a supportive environment that would allow me to complete my dissertation in a reasonable timeframe. SisterMentors filled that...

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