NYS Mentoring Program
Matilda Cuomo describes the history and the value of the New York State Mentoring Program, a program that has the power to inspire children and change lives.
In 1984, at the request of her husband, Governor Mario Cuomo, Mrs. Matilda Raffa Cuomo created and implemented The New York State Mentoring Program, the nation’s first statewide unique school based one-to-one mentoring program to prevent school dropout.