Posts from ACE in Costa Rica in Duke University and Community partner relationships

For two weeks, eleven student-athletes and I had the amazing opportunity to live and work in a small community on…

‘Está bien,’ which translates to ‘it’s good’ in English, has become my favorite phrase during the past two weeks I've…

Reflecting on my ACE experience in Costa Rica, I did not have many expectations going in, but I left ready…

“En tú Sangre,” said Illeana, a member of the kitchen team at Casa Tucan, to me one night while I…

I have done service work before but nothing like what I experienced on the ACE in Costa Rica program. This…

As I boarded my first flight to Costa Rica, reality finally hit me: I was en route to one of…

I’m back in Washington, D.C. after the ACE in Costa Rica program. I wasn’t emotional leaving like I had been…

Community. This is a word I had used in the context of groups with similar beliefs, physical characteristics, experiences, etc.…