Mentorship Program

Over the course of building their careers, alumni have developed a unique set of experiences and learnings. However, as time passes, alumni participate less and less with UNAVSA and its new generation of members, having to re-learn those same lessons. Our Mentorship Program seeks to engage alumni with high-potential members to help develop the next generation of Vietnamese leaders and professionals through lived experiences in their career paths and with their involvement within the community.

Engage & develop

Our vision is a mentorship program that creates a professional coaching relationship between the mentor and mentee demonstrating interest in pursuing a similar career path. Mentors will help create a development path for the mentee, guiding them over six months, and mentees will provide a level of commitment to self-development.

Program Goals

Engage

  • Leverage experiences of Alumni Mentors in various industries for mentees
  • Provide opportunities to connect peers and colleagues for mentees
  • Facilitate opportunities for skills development associated with specific fields for mentees

Personalize

  • Enhance self-understanding of strengths and areas of growth as leaders and learners
  • Provide opportunities to gain awareness of values, interests, interpersonal skill development, and career specific skills through formal and informal experiential experiences

Develop

  • Facilitate exploration and empowerment among the multiple dimensions of identity
  • Raise self-awareness of being Vietnamese
  • Discuss practical ways to build coalitions within the Vietnamese communities and beyond
  • Develop personal mentoring philosophies and leadership development

Frequently Asked Questions

Requirements

  • Some leadership experience within the VSA space
  • Completed application
    • Must provide resume
    • Short answers to why become a mentor, what can you provide for mentee, how to hold accountability for self and mentee
  • Depending on field of expertise, at least 1 year of work experience in current field

Requirements

  • Completed application
    • Must provide resume
    • Short answers to why do you want to become a mentee, what are your expectations for the program, what are your learning outcomes and  goals, how to hold accountability for self and mentor