When Dominique St-Fleur Jr. went to college, he got some sound advice from someone who had been there – his older brother Stanley.

Dominique said Stanley filled his head with tips from success, ranging from maintaining a high grade-point average to pursuing internship opportunities.

"He was such a good mentor. That's why mentoring's my thing," said St-Fleur, who is pursuing majors in accounting and finance at Florida State University's College of Business. "It's absolutely important."

St-Fleur is spearheading the Golden Opportunities Mentorship Program, created by the college's Student Leadership Council. The program links high-performing business students with prominent alumni. A trial run last summer resulted in jobs for business graduates, he said.

Born to Haitian parents in Miami and reared in West Palm Beach, St-Fleur said education was always emphasized at home. The junior has earned a 3.951 GPA during his FSU tenure and is enrolled in the university's Honors Program.

St-Fleur interned last summer with Goldman Sachs & Co.'s Global Insurance Group. His project, the "Insurance Asset Allocation Model," focused on providing higher yield and more diversification for insurance companies that invest with Goldman Sachs.

"Insurance companies, for regulatory reasons and profitability, are very sensitive to what investments are on their balance sheet," St-Fleur said.

Despite anticipated "brutal hours" on the job, St-Fleur is set on a career in investment banking. He said it's a good fit for his complementary skills of accounting and finance.

"It's a never-ending work challenge. It's very intense, fast-paced and extremely rewarding, "St-Fleur said. "I like valuing companies and putting a price to them. I like finding out why one merger works and one doesn't."

When he's not studying, St-Fleur devotes himself to leading the business school's Student Leadership Council, which serves as a group linking the student body to the college's Board of Governors and alumni. The council offers mentoring and networking opportunities for all business students and researches and reports on student issues to Dean Caryn Beck-Dudley and the board.

"I received a great foundation," St-Fleur said of his business classes thus far. Giving his best back to the college includes "starting innovative programs, advice and sharing my experience," he said.

St-Fleur credits strong prayer and hard work for the opportunities he's been given, especially his Goldman Sachs internship.

"Without praying to God and working hard toward my goals, this would have been impossible," St-Fleur said.