Posts from ACE in Vietnam in Duke University and Advice & lessons learned

“The sooner you become friends with the Vietnamese coaches, the more fun the trip will be.” That was my teammate…

Wrapping up my experiences from Vietnam into one final blog post has been more difficult than I could’ve ever imagined. …

I thought I knew a lot about relationships before traveling to Vietnam. All sorts of relationships, too: friendships, dating relationships,…

Community often disguises itself until we are no longer surrounded by it. Personally, I didn't realize how much I depended…

And in the blink of an eye, we are finished with Coach for College and ACE in Vietnam. My time…

The word impact has two definitions. To come into forcible contact with another object. To have a strong effect on…

On Sunday afternoon we hopped on the bus and embarked on our first of many 7-minute drives to the school where…

“Where are you from?” Haley and I asked this age-old question to both our 8th and 9th graders during one…

Returning home from Vietnam is honestly a bit daunting to think about. After seeing and feeling so many things, going…

When people asked me what I was doing this summer, I would tell them that I was to do a…