{"id":115798,"date":"2018-11-13T14:42:06","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T14:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/13\/this-customized-mentorship-program-for-veterans-is-now-helping-military-spouses\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:30:16","slug":"this-customized-mentorship-program-for-veterans-is-now-helping-military-spouses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/spouse\/2018\/11\/13\/this-customized-mentorship-program-for-veterans-is-now-helping-military-spouses\/","title":{"rendered":"This \u2018customized\u2019 mentorship program for veterans is now helping military spouses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 2016, Army veteran Ebony Wilkins was looking for guidance on whether she should start her own business or climb the corporate ladder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then she met Kim, a chief financial officer at a New York City investment firm and fellow working mom, who mentored her for a year and ultimately helped Wilkins make the big decision. Now, Wilkins is happily working 80 hours a week as the boss of her own government contracting business in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s totally the best thing that I could\u2019ve done for myself, and I think that it probably would\u2019ve (taken) me longer to get here had I not had a mentor like Kim to push me along and show me how to create that balance for myself,\u201d said Wilkins, a former staff sergeant.<\/p>\n\n\n\t