Dr. Bernadette Sánchez conducts research on mentoring relationships and positive youth development among urban, low-income adolescents of color. Her research is on the role of formal and informal mentoring relationships in youth’s educational experiences. Bernadette also investigates the resilience of marginalized youth and issues related to race and ethnicity, such as racial discrimination and racial/ethnic identity. She has published extensively on the role of cultural processes in volunteer mentoring relationships, particularly in the context of natural mentoring as well as mentoring across different races, ethnicities, or cultures.