I had some really incredible people who mentored me and gave me things I never got from my parents.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've definitely had mentors, whether parents or friends or actors who I like.
I've had many mentors, but the one that has the most impact was my mother.
I was very fortunate to have some great mentors. A father that was always in my life set the example every day at home. Everybody asks me, 'What was your role model?' My role model slept 20 feet from me every night. I could always go talk to him and ask him questions no matter what it was about.
I have, I think, eight mentors. It's crazy, but I need them. They are all really important to me. They keep me grounded and advise me.
I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment.
As a college student, I worked as a mentor, and that got me involved in working with young people long before I became a foster parent.
My father, obviously, and my mother were inspirations. My uncle, Frank Harper, he was an absolute mentor for me.
All of us are mentors. You're mentors right here and now. And one of the things I've always done throughout my life, I have always found that person, that group of people that I was going to reach my hand out and help bring them along with me.
I look up to a lot of people, but outside of my parents, I've never really had a mentor.
I would say my biggest mentor has been my father because he always has been. Actually both of my parents have always been ones to encourage me to be myself and stay true to myself and not fall into what other people want me to do.