Dr. Schwartz is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Suffolk University. She holds a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Boston and a Master’s degree in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research focuses on prevention and intervention programs for children and adolescents, with a particular interest in youth mentoring.

She has authored a range of articles and book chapters on formal and informal mentoring relationships and has pioneered rigorous research on youth-initiated mentoring, a new model of mentoring which empowers adolescents to recruit mentors from within their existing social networks.

Dr. Kanchewa is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Bellarmine University. She holds a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and is an expert in factors that promote positive psychosocial development during adolescence and the transition to adulthood, with a particular focus on mentoring and other supportive relationships.

Her research has helped to inform best practices for formal mentoring programs, and she has extensive experience working with adolescents and young adults through curricula designed to promote social support and social capital in young people’s lives.