Dramagirls participants were recently asked about the relationships between the Dramagirls and their mentors… here are some of their responses:

Girls said:

• My mentor is nice and understanding. And I could talk to her about stuff.

• Asking her what she is seeing, what she has. It makes me feel good.

• They hear me and they are nice to me.

• I can trust her.

• She feels like my sister. We look alike, we both have blue eyes, brown hair, and we both laugh weird.

• I can really tell her things about me like a friend or a diary.

• She is nice and she says a lot of interesting things.

• Because my mentor is a girl, that makes me more comfortable talking to her.

• You get to tell her how you feel or ask questions so she can help you.

• I can talk to her about anything and she will either give me advice or talk to me about anything.
  

  Mentors said:

• It’s hard to get a word in edgewise, but it’s easy to learn about her. She feels a lot like me when I was her age.

• She is very outgoing. We are very similar.

• We are still finding our creative space to collaborate in. It is always fun but sometimes a little difficult to “steer” her towards creative/imaginative thinking, but we are making progress.

• She’s so kind. She’s into art. She’s really smart.

• She’s a spaz like me. And hilarious and intelligent and full of ideas.

• We have good eye contact and are starting to open up more. She’s a sweetheart.

• She is very open and honest. She is happy and curious. She loves to play and have fun.
  

• She’s very sweet and open and tends to ask a lot of questions.

• She is social and outgoing and a good and subtle reader of people.

• I’m still learning how to talk to my girl - which ways are most effective, which areas she needs help learning to lead, when it’s best to just listen and when it’s best to provide feedback.