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This study about mentoring was a concept of supporting at risk-students in a virtual platform and explained by the mentors´ surveys its result. The author based her research on peer-review articles and diverse dissertations that were written about the mentor-mentee relationship, drop-out rate impact, virtual mentoring organizations, leadership, low-income students and so forth. The author made her research in a virtual mentoring program Icouldbe.org that supports at-risk students through USA. This survey was sent to 737 mentors through USA and was responded by 237 of them. Significant results came about mentoring outcomes and factors of race, length tenure, program outcomes and the factors of race, career pursuit of mentors, personal growth of mentors and mentee week hours, and regard to the assessment of the program. Statistically graphics and figures were demonstrating the various responses of this study. Comparative analysis of mentor/mentee perceptions, relationships between mentee-mentors, and some other recommendations were made for future research.

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Nilsa Fleury, Consultant, Executive-Coach, and Adjunct -Professor, has graduated as follows:Doctorate in Education, concentration in Organizational Leadership & Master in Science- Business of Leadership (Nova Southeastern University-USA)Information Systems (UNA-Brazil)Industrial Economy (UFMG-Brazil)Business Administration (FACE-UFMG-Brazil)

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