Category: Team

After landing in the airport in Costa Rica, I was immediately bombarded with souvenir shirts and trinkets with the phrase,…

“School, church, and soccer field.” According to our host Andrey, these are the three things every town in Costa Rica…

Several weeks ago, I traveled to Gandoca, Costa Rica for my ACE experience. I had expected a quiet town with…

If someone were to tell me two years ago that I would be volunteering for two weeks in another country…

I thought I knew what stars looked like. It has become muscle memory to me to look up when I…

Throughout our two weeks, we spent a lot of time with the locals of Gandoca. One goal of our trip…

For most of the two weeks in Costa Rica, our ACE team stayed at Casa Tucan, a family-run lodge in…

Taking time to reflect on a truly eye-opening trip, it is difficult to pinpoint specific instances that stood out to…

Before heading to Cape Town, the other student-athletes and I had a clear understanding of our roles on the trip…

It’s hard to put all of my thoughts and experiences from my 3-week experience in Cape Town into words. No…