Haynes Boone Associate Angel Rendon spoke with the National Association for College Admission Counseling about his experience with Minds Matter NYC, discussing how the organization’s mentorship and college preparation support helped shape his professional journey and inspired him to return as a volunteer.
Read an excerpt below.
For Rendon, spending time with Minds Matter NYC’s mentors gave him a glimpse at the future.
“It opened up the landscape of what was possible, and different ways to make a good living and have some success,” Rendon said.
Rendon was especially interested in how one of his mentors found success as an attorney at a big law firm.
“He was extremely transparent about what he liked about his work and what he didn’t,” Rendon recalled. “In the back of my mind, I always thought becoming a lawyer was a worthy goal that could be a fit for me. My mentor was the first actual corporate attorney I’d met who explained things to me like how much money you make, what the job is actually like, and the things he hated about it. I’d never had that much texture on it— not even close.”
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“I have enormous respect for the students maintaining a commitment to go there every Saturday morning. All the students are already involved in other extracurriculars. They have big goals that they’re working to-ward,” he said. “My respect and gratitude for the students comes from a personal knowledge of everything they’re doing and how hard they’re working.”
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