The mentors and scholars enrolled in the Girls Empowered by Mentoring Program celebrated the end of their first year on May 17, 2016, at Victoria’s Restaurant. The program, housed at Brookhaven College, is designed to bring together professional women with female Early College High School (ECHS) students in order to help the young women navigate effective ways to continue their education and to build self-confidence. Eleven of the 14 young ladies were able to attend. They received a gift bag and a certificate of completion. Also attending were the girls’ mentors, ECHS Principal Michael Arreola, ECHS Counselor Niki Fisher, and the program administrators. Each scholar shared a skill she had attained or a goal she had reached over the year. The mentors commented on the diverse evidence of growth they had noticed in their scholars.