Before the mentorship I had three different futures in my head and no idea which one was actually mine. Rachel didn't tell me which one to pick — she asked the questions I had been avoiding. By the third session I wasn't deciding between options anymore. I was building something.

I expected another adult telling me what I should be doing with my life. Instead I got someone who took my ideas seriously and pushed back when I needed it. The package gave me time to actually try things between sessions and come back with real questions. That's what made it work.

I came into mentorship feeling like I was behind my friends in regular school. Mónica gave me so many tools to discover who I actually am — not who I was supposed to be. That changed how I look at everything I was already doing.

I thought I knew what I wanted to study, but I had picked it because it sounded good to other people. Mónica didn't tell me I was wrong — she helped me ask myself better questions. By the end I had a different answer, and it actually felt like mine.