Mr. Rochester Is Punished

By Jade Lozada

Meet the Pair

MENTEE JADE LOZADA & MENTOR CAROL HYMOWITZ

Jade’s Anecdote: I will always be grateful to have Carol as my mentor. Our relationship over the last three years has grown into more than writing. Carol’s listening ear and advice empower me to seize opportunities and risk my comfort for growth. I will miss our Thursday afternoons at Cafe Lalo, but I will never lose the confidence and ambition she inspired in me.

Carol’s Anecdote: I’ve loved getting to know and working with Jade over the last three years, and I’m so proud of all she has achieved. She has grown enormously as a poet, essayist, and journalist, and written deeply about such themes as bridging her Latina roots and American upbringing and the disproportionate effect of climate change on minority communities. In the last year, she has performed her poetry at the Apollo Theater, published in Medium, and become a leader in the climate movement. A highlight of our year together was finding out she was accepted to her first-choice college. I’m going to miss our coffee dates (hot chocolate for her, latte for me), but I’ll continue to be inspired by Jade’s risk-taking, her talents, and, above all, her caring for others.