This special supplement for the Journal of Georgia Public Health Association (jGPHA) features student-mentored research. The manuscripts that you are about to read include credible evidence based research from some of our most talented and energized public health students throughout the state who have gone the extra mile to share their scholarship with the public. All of these student authors have spent many hours learning the foundational basics of the research process, primarily in the classroom but also from faculty and community mentors who kept them “in the fence” (to borrow a phrase from one of my academic mentors) as they expanded their knowledge and skills to produce credible scholarly work.