Nancy’s Story

Here is another testimony from one of our Youth participants (Nancy) and her experience with her Life Coach (Lucy) within the Mentoring Plus program. Nancy originally wanted to attend program in order to socialize with other participants due to her severe anxiety, anger, and diagnoses with MS. Nancy had expressed her MS diagnoses had caused her to miss a lot of school and has limited her on many fronts which has caused her to have severe anxiety. She has also expressed that her diagnoses causes her anger. Since joining, her favorite part has been coming out of her shell and gaining the confidence she feels her diagnoses took from her. She especially enjoys her relationship with her Life Coach and states, “Lucy has really been there for me when I needed someone to lean on”. She has also expressed that Mentoring Plus feels more like a family and has helped her catch up on school as well as help her with her mental health. On the other end, Lucy told us her original reason for becoming a Life Coach was in order to help others. This is what she had to say about what she’s enjoyed most about being a Life Coach: “I have greatly enjoyed the changes I have seen in my mentee and how she has grown as a person, as well as how I have personally grown. I am inspired by Nancy’s willingness to become a better person and how much she has come out of her own shell since working with her.” This pair both say they were most surprised at how easily they bonded and how fast time has gone since their first encounter.