CanvasCode
For mentors

Coach a young person from first skill to first income.

Professionals who do the work for real — design, content, video, code, AI, freelancing, business, accounting, marketing. Remote-first, a few hours a month, structured entirely through us.

Go to the form ↓About two minutes — then verification before anything else
The honest ask

Two to four hours a month

Remote, on a predictable rhythm. Reviewing a month’s work and writing honest feedback matters more than marathon sessions.

Coaching, not doing

Your job is questions, examples, and resources — helping a young person make their own work better, never making it for them.

Reliability

Consistency beats intensity. A dependable two hours matters more than an occasional ten.

The guardrails — stated with pride

Never one-to-one

All mentoring is group-based, on platform channels — never one-to-one, in any medium. This protects children and mentors alike.

Verification before contact

Identity, references, and safeguarding training come first — always, for everyone, including the co-founders.

Structure, always

A small group of young people, clear monthly rhythms, a fixed feedback format. You always know what good looks like.

After you write

What happens next

  1. 1We read your note
  2. 2A conversation
  3. 3Verification & training
  4. 4Matched with a group

Contact with children begins only after verification and safeguarding training are complete — that is a promise we make to the children, and to you.

The full child-safeguarding commitment is public — read it before you apply, and hold us to it. Read the full commitment →

Apply to mentor

One screen, about two minutes. No account needed.

Why we ask: it’s how we address you.

Why we ask: it’s where our reply goes.

Why we ask: we verify every mentor; your LinkedIn is the fastest way.

Why we ask: mentoring is remote, but time and place still shape scheduling.

Why we ask: young people are coached by people who do the work for real.

What could you coach? Choose any.

Why we ask: we match mentors to young people by skill, not by availability alone.

Which languages are you comfortable in?

Why we ask: a young person learns best in a language they think in.

Have you mentored or taught young people before?

Why we ask: experience is welcome, not required — we train every mentor either way.

How many hours a month could you give, reliably?

Why we ask: consistency beats intensity — a reliable two hours matters more than an occasional ten.