ARTICLE AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE ROLE OF MENTORING IN THE ACCULTURATION OF LATINO/A YOUTH Lynn C. Liao and Bernadette S ´ anchez DePaul University For youth from immigrant families, acculturation is an important process that impacts their overall developmental outcomes, which could have implications for mentoring models. In this cross-sectional study, we explore the relationship between mentoring and acculturation using a sample of 140 urban, low-income, Latino/a high school seniors. We explore the associations between various mentoring variables and acculturation variables. Overall, the results did not yield significant associations between mentoring and acculturation. However, having more mentors did indicate a higher familiarity with Latino/a culture and more frequent contact predicted a higher value of respeto. Also, having at least one cross-race mentor predicted less perceived discrimination, which may indicate that having cross-race mentors resulted in lower scores or that youth who perceive less discrimination tend to seek out more cross-race mentors. These findings inform how mentoring programs and other interventions can be adapted to serve young immigrants in the United States. C  2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. There is limited research that focuses specifically on mentoring immigrant and refugee youth populations (Birman & Morland, 2014). Many of the current mentoring programs targeting youth from immigrant families focus on helping youth build competence in U.S. culture while fostering a sense of identity in their respective native cultures (e.g., Culture Connect, 2010). There are no empirical studies available about whether and This study was funded by a grant award to the second author from the University Research Council at DePaul University. We thank Dr. Susan McMahon for her helpful feedback on previous drafts of this manuscript. Please address correspondence to: Lynn C. Liao, DePaul University, 2219 N. Kenmore Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614; e-mail: cliao6@depaul.edu JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY, Vol. 43, No. 7, 868–877 (2015) Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/jcop). C  2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. DOI: 10.1002/jcop.21717