Can you help solve this mystery?

[aviator guy]

unless she has cancer 
or her kid got really sick 
or her mother died 
or maybe she has relatives whose house got destroyed in the California fires 
or any of a hundred other things

I'm not trying to sound callous, but none of those are the OP's problem.  Even if there was some sort of extenuating circumstance, a bit of communication would have likely gone a long way.  Furthermore, the OP paid (in excess of $1,000 mind you) for a guided study course with professor/"mentor" interaction.  It would seem to me that there should be some sort of contingency plan in place for unforseen circumstances that would prohibit the professor/mentor from doing their job.

I do know that the liberal arts capstone (I don't know if that's what the OP is taking) is somewhat cumulative and assignment feedback is critical to the final product and ultimately the final grade.



To put it another way, if you paid someone over $1,000 upfront to work on your house and they didn't finish the job and went incommunicado for over a month, you'd probably be calling lawyers.  Of course you shouldn't pay someone 100% upfront but that's a different story.