​On October 13, 2018, at CASA de Maryland, Jorge A Campos (Accountant), Jan Singelmann (Attorney), Ignacio Nacho Sandoval (Attorney) and Juan Sempertegui (Attorney) spent a few hours with two middle school students (both of whom were born in the US to immigrant parents.)  The program started with a team exercise (building a tower with spaghetti noodles, marshmallow and tape), followed by a discussion about the growth mindset and grit necessary for success and talked about the benefits of a college education.  Along the way, mentors also talked about solutions to challenges that the mentors encountered as young men (i.e. gangs, unsupportive teachers, parents without a college education, etc.).  The program ended with the students learning how to lace up a suit tie (which they kept) for a job interview.