Salt Lake City Mentoring by Video

Blackburn Mentoring provides one-on-one mentoring and coaching for teens 13 and up, college students and young adults in Salt Lake City and across the Salt Lake Valley, with every session held by video. We have mentored since 2014; the first step is a free 20 minute intro call, and new clients are matched with a mentor within 2 business days (in person only in Los Angeles). Sessions are scheduled in Mountain time.

Blackburn Mentoring works with clients in Salt Lake City and across the Salt Lake Valley by video. Our team is in Los Angeles, and clients in neighborhoods like Sugar House and the Avenues and suburbs like Holladay, Sandy and Cottonwood Heights meet a dedicated mentor online each week, scheduled in Mountain time. Many are young adults and early-career professionals; we also work with high school students and their parents.

Session times from Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City is one hour ahead of Los Angeles all year, since Utah and California both switch for daylight saving. In practice:

After school: a 4:00 pm session in Sandy is 3:00 pm for the mentor, and 5:00 pm after a practice is 4:00 pm PT.
After work: 7:00 pm in Salt Lake is 6:00 pm in California, which suits someone who commutes I-15 home.
Before the workday: clients who work early shifts often prefer 6:30 or 7:00 am Mountain (5:30 or 6:00 am PT), and mentors offer early-morning times.
Weekends: Saturday and Sunday sessions fit families juggling several kids’ activities.

A young, fast-moving region

Utah has one of the youngest populations in the country, and the Salt Lake area has grown quickly, with a technology corridor south of the city often called Silicon Slopes. Many people here marry, start careers and take on big responsibilities earlier than their peers on the coasts. That pace has real upside. It can also leave a 23-year-old with a demanding job, a mortgage or a growing family, and no one outside the family to think things through with. That is a lot of what our Utah clients use mentoring for:

Settling into a first career-track job, or deciding to leave one. See early career mentoring.
Building a household budget that holds up when costs rise.
Finishing a degree that was paused for work, service or family.
Getting organized enough to stop feeling behind.

Salt Lake City by the numbers

About 1.31 million people, the 46th largest metro in the country (Salt Lake City-Murray metro). It is big enough to offer serious careers and small enough that a young adult can feel boxed in by the same few circles, and a mentor from outside those circles brings a fresh view (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 population estimates, as tabulated by StatRanker).
A median home value of about $478,200 (metro). Buying a first home is a long climb, so young couples and new graduates here often ask for help with a savings plan and a realistic timeline (Census ACS 5-year estimates, as published by World Population Review).
37.8 percent of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or higher (metro). Many people here build careers through work, trades or a degree finished later, and mentoring meets them on whichever route they are on (same source).
A median household income of about $95,000 (metro). Incomes are solid, yet household sizes are large, so a family budget gets split many ways and teens often work part time (same source).

High school students and families

Families with larger households are common in the valley, and parents are often stretched across several kids’ schedules at once. A mentor gives one student focused weekly attention: goals they choose, steps for the coming week, and short check-ins between sessions. The parent can join the intro call, help agree the goals and receive regular progress updates. Students here are often juggling sports, church and community commitments, part-time jobs and college plans at once, and Utah districts usually start in mid to late August, so early summer is a good time to begin.

Coming back after time away

Many young adults in Utah step away from school or work for a mission, travel or family responsibility and then come back to a world that kept moving. Re-entry can be harder than expected: picking a major again, finding work, managing money, and rebuilding a routine without the structure that framed the time away. A mentor helps break the return into steps: what to do this week, this month and this semester. The same approach fits anyone coming back from a pause; see semester off mentoring.

What the valley means for school and early careers

Salt Lake sits in the middle of the Wasatch Front, with Utah County to the south and Davis and Weber counties to the north, all linked by I-15 and the FrontRunner train. Many people live in one county and work in another. Finance, health care, technology, outdoor recreation companies, logistics, mining and a booming construction trade all hire young workers, often straight out of high school. Many high schoolers finish with college credit through concurrent enrollment, and plenty of college students work full time while carrying a part-time course load.

Winter brings ski season and, on some days, valley inversions that keep people indoors. Video sessions make weather irrelevant: no canyon drive, no icy roads, and sessions can move around a race or resort shift without breaking the weekly rhythm.

What comes up often in the Salt Lake Valley

A teen with a winter job at a canyon resort trying to keep grades steady through the busiest weekends.
A student arriving at college with a semester or more of credit and no clear sense of where to aim it.
A young couple saving for a first home while one partner finishes school at night.
A graduate choosing between a construction trade that pays now and a degree that pays later.

A mentor is not a tutor, therapist or admissions counselor; it is a consistent, practical guide. Salt Lake clients meet by video, and in-person sessions take place only in Los Angeles.

Common questions

Do you serve Salt Lake City, Sandy and the Salt Lake Valley by video?

Yes. We work with clients across the valley, from downtown and Sugar House to Sandy, Draper, West Valley City and Cottonwood Heights. Every session is by video, so there is no canyon or freeway drive involved.

What time are sessions in Mountain Time?

Sessions are booked in Mountain time, which is one hour ahead of our team in Los Angeles all year. A 4:00 pm after-school session is 3:00 pm for the mentor. Early-morning, evening and weekend times are available too.

Can a mentor help a young adult in Salt Lake City plan college or work after a gap year or mission?

Yes. Mentors help returning young adults choose between school and work, map out a semester or a job search, and rebuild a daily routine. The goal is a clear plan for the next few months rather than a vague sense of being behind.

I am in my twenties with a family already. Is mentoring for me?

Yes. Many of our clients are balancing a career and family at a young age and want help with planning, money and priorities. Sessions can be set early in the morning or after the kids are in bed.

Do you meet in person in Utah?

No. Our team is in Los Angeles, and Utah clients work with their mentor entirely by video. In-person mentoring is offered only in Los Angeles.

Is there a mentor for a teenage son or daughter in Salt Lake City?

Yes. Blackburn Mentoring matches teens 13 and up in Salt Lake City with a dedicated one-on-one mentor who meets them by video, usually weekly or several times a week, with text and phone check-ins in between. Start with a free 20 minute intro call at (888) 305-5422 or online; a mentor is matched within 2 business days. For other options, see how to find a mentor for your son or daughter.

Can a college student from Salt Lake City work with a virtual mentor?

Yes. The valley is young and growing fast, and a video mentor can meet a student, a returning missionary or a young professional on the same schedule. The same mentor can continue through school breaks, a move or a semester away. Sessions are booked in Mountain time, one hour ahead of our Los Angeles team, and weekend sessions are available. See how virtual mentoring works.

Are there programs for struggling young adults in Salt Lake City?

Yes. In a young, fast moving valley, a Salt Lake City young adult who has not started work or school can feel out of step. Blackburn Mentoring works one-on-one by video with young adults who are stuck at home, building daily structure, a plan for work or school and steady follow-through. Start with what can help when an adult son won’t leave the house, compare the main programs for struggling young adults, and read our failure to launch parent guide.

Get started

Want to talk about what mentoring could look like for you? Call (888) 305-5422, email contact@blackburnmentoring.com or start with a short assessment. A member of our team reviews every assessment personally and sets up a free intro call.

Last updated November 2, 2026.

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