Media Category: China

Jordan and one of the children she worked with in China on an excursion looking for the mushrooms in the forest.

"This photo captures me playing lacrosse with a camper during some free time one morning. The children loved playing lacrosse - a game most of them had never heard of - and their curiosity, commitment, and enthusiasm were contagious. Memories of these mornings always make me smile."

"Here I am drawing and naming fruits to practice English with a couple of the young local kids from the village. The ACE program is filled with some incredibly busy and exciting moments but this one stands out because it was time that I was able to connect with kids whose language I didn't speak through something as simple as drawing picture. I still remember their excitement when they began to get the hang of the new words they were learning."

Areta at the Songzanlin Monastery in Shangri La.