2018 mentor Natalie Buda Smith (@natibuda) emphasizes the importance of an open mind! #10yearsofSHINE

Tips from 2017–2018 mentor Phim Her(phim her), on expanding your conversations with your mentee/mentor. #10yearsofSHINE

We are nearing our Shine 2021 finale, and we wanted to thank our sponsors Little Red, University of Maryland, Baltimore, @PDCTweet, and Peacesakecandles for helping us get to this milestone!

In honor of #10yearsofshine and #pandemiclife this year, we hosted a few extra virtual sessions! Thanks to all those that participated and joined in the #groupcrit and #zoomhangout sessions this past month!

Fun swag getting snail mailed to our SHINE participants...! Any guesses??

HUGE thanks to our sponsors for these awesome contributions to our thank-you-swag mailed out to our SHINE participants this year! Little Red University of Maryland, Baltimore @PDCTweet Peacesakecandles

And that's a wrap for the 10th year of SHINE! Congrats to our mentees—we were blown away by the amazing project work at last night's finale! And HUGE shoutouts to our mentors for lighting the way and giving back! Until next year...! #AIGADC #10yearsofshine

SHINE 2022 applications are now open! AIGA DC SHINE is a four-month mentoring program that matches mentors and mentees around the DMV design community. Learn more and apply today! dc.aiga.org/programs-initi…

SHINE 2022 applications close Jan 5! SHINE is a four-month mentoring program, run by by AIGA DC. Learn more and apply: dc.aiga.org/programs-initi…

Here we go! Excited to have our 2022 AIGA DC Cohort together for our kickoff event! #AIGADCShine

We're excited to see what Gareth and Jeffrey will do together. Jeffrey is an Art Director at the National Institutes of Health. Gareth is a Politics & Prose designer looking to expand his body of work. We can't wait to see what the two of you come up with! #AIGADCShine

We have special treat coming up for our #AIGADCShine members. Dan Banks will be hosting a Lunch and Learn on February 23. Remember to RSVP if you're in the current cohort!

Hey #AIGADCShine, we've got a quiz for you! (share the Spotify playlist that inspires your creations!)

We're looking forward to great things from Marcela and Lindy. Marcela is an experienced UX designer and Lindy is looking to accelerate her professional development. #AIGADCShine

We're half-way there with our all-star group of designers! Our virtual midpoint event featured project sneak-peeks and small group discussions. #AIGADCShine

A Journey through SHINE: We’ve followed up with one of our 2017 SHINE mentor/mentee pairs, Phim Her and Victoria Sgarro. Read the interview on our blog!

Rebecca and Angel make another all-star mentoring pair for #AIGADCShine. Rebecca is a Senior Product Designer at Storyblocks. Angel is a Product Designer at O/M Studio. Angel joined SHINE looking to level-up her motion design skills and they have an amazing project in the works!

That's a wrap for #AIGADCShine 2022! A big THANK YOU to our mentors and mentees for participating. We loved seeing all the hard work you've put in over the past few months pay off! Congratulations! 👏 We'll see you next year...

SHINE 2023 applications are open! AIGA DC SHINE is a four-month mentoring program that matches mentors and mentees around the DMV design community. Learn more and apply today! dc.aiga.org/programs-initi…

SHINE 2023 applications close Jan. 6! AIGA DC SHINE is a four-month mentoring program run by AIGA DC. Learn more and apply: dc.aiga.org/programs-initi…