Matilda Raffa Cuomo and Ossie Davis

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010

Who influenced you most growing up? Parents, a teacher, a family friend? Matilda Raffa Cuomo, first lady of New York state and founder of Mentoring USA, joins writer, actor, and director Ossie Davis, to discuss National Mentor Month and the people who motivated them throughout their formative years. The Person Who Changed My Life: Prominent People Recall Their Mentors.

Music: Cider House Rules Soundtrack music by Rachel Portman
Buffalo Springfield "I Am a Child"

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