Full course ahead: strong careers are based on performance, a willingness to accept responsibility, a network and habits. Students and young professionals from other cultural backgrounds, in particular, demonstrate outstanding performance yet soon find hurdles in their way. But why? Because they don’t have access to mentors and role models who act as a port of call, open doors and share their vast networks. Schotstek scholars are supported by dedicated mentors, professionals in various fields of expertise. Many of them grew up in immigrant families in Germany.