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The road to being successful as an underrepresented STEM mentee has many challenges. It often feels as though one is climbing a ladder with several missing steps. An effective intentional mentor can help their mentees navigate these tribulations. UR mentors are especially vulnerable to academic and personal issues such as burnout, awfulizing and demoralization (Hinton et al. 2020c; Montgomery 2017). Mentors should seek to help mentees navigate these tribulations while also offering support in developing mentees as a student and a person, through building their networking (Arora et al. 2010; Masters and Kreeger 2017).