When I was getting my undergraduate degree at Howard University, I had two mentors. One of them was one of my professors, Debra Miller. The other was Ofield Dukes, a PR legend in his own right.
I always tease Miller, saying that she's opened the door to all the jobs I've ever had with her contacts. (Really, it's true!) Dukes agreed to be my mentor, but only after I wrote a five-year career plan that I needed to ...