Current Mentors
2019/2020
Total Mentors
Our mentors are young and dedicated.
The average age of our mentors this year is 27!
Many mentors were the first in their family to go to college.
Primos are passionate about sharing their knowledge and skills with their mentees. They understand firsthand the difficulties of navigating education while balancing personal and family responsibilities. They are eager to give back to their community and help shape tomorrow’s leaders.
Our mentors bring experience from a multitude of professional fields including:
- Engineering
- Entrepreneurship
- Medicine
- Real Estate
- Finance & Accounting
- Campaign Management
- Marketing & Advertising
- Higher Education
- Government Consulting
Current Mentees
2019 / 2020
Total Mentees
In our second year, our focus remains on serving the Pleasant Grove area of Southeast Dallas, where the majority of our students reside.
This part of town is particularly special to Primos founder, Alicia Serrato, as she grew up in Pleasant Grove.
By focusing on a specific geographical area we are able to provide central meeting locations that are easily accessible to mentees and their families.
Our mentees attend the following schools:
Young Men’s Leadership Academy at Florence Middle School
W W Samuell High School
Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School
Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy
John Quincy Adams Elementary School
Breakout of mentees by grade
- Elementary 33%
- 8th grade 6%
- 9th grade 2%
- 10th grade 2%
- 11th grade 13%
- 12th grade 40%
- College 4%
*Total mentors includes two mentors who took on on new mentee this year, in addition to keeping their mentee from 2018-2019; Five Primos are both mentees and mentors.