In an effort to bridge the gap between the academy and the community, doctoral candidates from Sister Mentors are required to tutor girls of color once a month in Washington, D.C.’s middle and high schools.
“A mentor is simply someone who knows the ropes a little better than you and is interested in helping you succeed,” Lewis says. “Women, in general, will tell you that mentoring served them well.”
Since attaining her Ph.D., Mitchell has experienced her fair share of success. Last year, she was ranked among the top 10 most popular professors in her department and won a national postdoctoral fellowship to sponsor her forthcoming book.
Mitchell’s advice to other minority women on the path to doctoral degrees is to persevere.
“We all wanted to give up a million times along the way. But it is truly lovely on the other side of the degree,” she says.
--Michelle J. Nealy
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