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Tribute to My Mentor

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In honor of Gerry Davis, April 2018 My mentor passed away earlier this month. I have had the benefit of numerous mentors over my long career, but Gerry Davis was The Mentor. None of it would have been possible without the brilliant heart and mind of my mentor, G. Gervaise Davis III, Esq.

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Benetech, Bookshare and Google Summer of Code

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Moreover, I should mention my mentor Meghan Larson who has been a great support in my journey. She has been a wonderful mentor. I’ve collected experience on various aspects such as: communication, delivering code on time, managing a project on GitHub, setting up milestones and issues, and completing them on time.

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Dr. Karen Ramey Burns

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A Guest Reflection by Dr. Patrick Ball, Benetech's Chief Scientist I am terribly sad to learn today of the untimely death of a friend and mentor, Dr. Karen Ramey Burns. Kar was a forensic anthropologist who specialized in human rights cases, and she was a founders of our Colombian partner organization EQUITAS ).

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Robin Seaman, Agent of Inclusion

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The sister, the aunt, the friend, the mentor. Robin was beloved by the hundreds, if not thousands, of people who had the honor of coming into direct contact with her. That's the Robin we all collectively know personally. The shining bright spot in our day. A woman with that ineffable quality of elegance.

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Three Fabulous Conversations

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Conversation Two I had agreed to act as a mentor to a Global Changemaker, in this case Mousa Mousawy, an Iraqi teenager now living in Jordan. I had no idea when I agreed to the mentor gig that there would be something like this I actually know something (a lot) about. What a great kick-off for a day!

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

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And we now have 500 highly qualified Mentor Teachers—very special people who assist their peers in using Bookshare and assist us in testing new products and features. Our outreach and volunteer efforts will grow, with a new parent program to match our incredible Mentor Teacher program. and a new audio option for Spanish titles.

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Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

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True to this commitment, I draw tremendous satisfaction from mentoring new social entrepreneurs, finding resources for them, and helping them avoid the pitfalls that I had experienced.

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