Our mentors It is my great pleasure to introduce this article written by Julia Bates from Australia, who in a very personal way describes her journey to becoming a very professional and experienced medical writer – a journey that often went across oceans and continents. What I particularly like in Julia’s article is the breadth of her experience of mentorship. In other words, she found mentors all over the place; she did not limit herself to looking for guidance only in typical professional settings. She just had her eyes wide open and was prepared to grasp lessons wherever she could.