The NCA Mentorship and Leadership Council (MLC) provided one of four Mentorship Awards at the 2024 conference in New Orleans to Musa Malik. The award recognizes best practices and challenges in mentorship. The MLC views mentorship broadly as a co-constructed activity that is accessible and supportive. Priorities are given to mentorship that aligns with and uplifts NCA's commitment to promoting inclusivity, diversity, equity, and access for all. Mentorship could include professional development, building intellectual communities, providing opportunities and resources, pedagogical support, writing feedback, infusing inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA) into institutions, and more. What makes this award even more impressive is that Musa is the only graduate student on the panel; all of the other recipients are tenured professors!