Champaign-Urbana One-to-One Mentoring Program

Shinee Jackson graduated from Urbana High School on May 24, 2009. She has been in the mentor program since 4th grade. Her mentor in elementary and middle school, Kara Laughlin, left C-U in 2004. Shinee’s current mentor, Sharon Scott, started when she was a Sophomore at UHS. Shinee hopes to study Culinary Arts at Joliet Jr. College. “Sharon has been here the whole way. She has been a lot of help with my school work and making sure I graduate. She is more than a mentor, she is my FRIEND!”