Mentoring
While ideas can be inspiring and uplifting, life is played out in the personal.
The Avenue seeks to engage each student where she is in life; that's why mentoring is the most important aspect of the program. With her mentor, each student applies what she learned during the monthly sessions to her own circumstances, setting goals and navigating the challenges she encounters.
The mentors are professional women and graduate students who lead each Module or serve on The Avenue’s Executive Committee. They meet with their mentees at least once a month, and gladly make themselves available outside program hours. Contact your mentor for details!
"My mentor has helped me get through ups and downs in several friendships throughout this school year and I'm so grateful for that!"
2020 Avenue participant
2020-21 Mentors
Vicky Caranti
University of Dallas | Education & Spanish
Rebecca Dillett
Ivy Tech Community College, Hospitality
Elle Schirripa
Catholic University of America | Philosophy and Mathematics
Kate Meyer
University of Notre Dame | Romance Languages & Literature
Meghan Streiff
Fashion Institute of Technology | Illustration
Marianne Doherty
Johnson & Wales University | Culinary Arts
Zulay Villanueva
Hospitality Consultant, Murray Hill Place
Isabel Velarde
Fordham University | Philosophy and Math
Isabella Legaspi
University of California-Merced, Developmental Biology
Marita Montes
Fashion Institute of Technology |
Interior Design and Art History
Alexandra George
Carnegie Mellon University | Professional Writing
Claire Hadley
University of Notre Dame | Philosophy
Tracy Vendetti
Hospitality Consultant, Murray Hill Place
Breck Giltner
University of Dallas | Political Philosophy
Christina Kilmer
University of Dallas | History & Spanish
Monica Mehan
University of Dallas | Theology
Therese Boles
UCLA | History
Ashley Petros
University of Wisconsin-Madison | Human Development and Family Affairs
Nina Chaidez
Hospitality Consultant, Murray Hill Place
Have you heard about the PIPs?
The Positive Impact Projects (PIP) are the way The Avenue students translate their learning experience into initiatives and actions that they can carry out within their family and communities. Each student’s mentor helps her identify one to two projects for the year as well as the steps needed to accomplish them.