Oprah Has One

A mentor. A caring adult. Someone who influences your life, makes it rich, shapes your values, helps you to pursue your dreams. Mine is my mom. Maybe cliche, maybe easy, but true. I am who I am today because of the love and nurturing that my mom has given me (and still does).

Oprah's caring adult was one of her grade school teachers. And look where that took her!

Imagine if the State of Michigan generated 10,000 mentors to be caring adults in our children's lives. Where could that take us as a community? Dan Mulhern, Michigan's First Gentleman, has some thoughts on that.

Who was your mentor? How did that person affect you?

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