# Mentorship Mentorship makes pairing promising open-source talent with experienced mentors easier than ever. A mentorship program is a structured relationship between a mentor and a mentee, aimed at helping the mentee achieve their personal or professional goals. Invest in building a more robust and diverse community of qualified developers and engineers. The main goal of a mentorship program is to transfer knowledge, skills, and experience from the mentor to the mentee to help the mentee grow and develop in their personal and professional lives. ## How to Participate You can participate in the Linux Foundation Mentorship program as a program administrator, a mentor, or a mentee. [**Program Administrator**](https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/lfx/mentorship/administrators): As a program administrator, you will [enroll in a mentorship program](https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/lfx/mentorship/administrators/enroll-your-program) on the platform and act as a single point of contact for mentors, mentees, and the Linux Foundation's HR and finance teams. Specifically, you collaborate with mentors during the application review process and work closely with The Linux Foundation's HR and finance teams to oversee the mentee acceptance process and stipend payments. [**Mentor**](https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/lfx/mentorship/mentors): Mentors volunteer their time to work with mentees during the mentorship program. You will need to [create a mentor profile](https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/lfx/mentorship/mentors/create-a-mentor-profile) on the Mentorship platform before requesting to be a mentor for the Linux Foundation Mentorship program. [**Mentee**](https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/lfx/mentorship/mentees): Mentees [need to create a mentee ](https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/lfx/mentorship/mentees/create-a-mentee-profile)profile to apply to The Linux Foundation's mentorship programs. As a mentee, you will have the opportunity to contribute to an open-source project while working under the guidance of an experienced mentor who's an active contributor to the project and open-source community. ## How does the program work? First, a program administrator enrolls a mentorship program. Then, mentors and mentees participate, as shown in the following high-level diagram: ![](https://3411187760-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-M2DCN9UgoRgMEkgnLyP-887967055%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-81e9c8bf0fe67067e0591daaaa76bf2c8f1b69ca%2Fhow%20mentorship%20works.png?alt=media\&token=d05588ca-2244-451c-9617-b9f2df3c48a4) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/lfx/mentorship.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.