Tag: Advice & lessons learned

Reflecting on my ACE experience, a key moment that fed into the rest of the trip's work was listening to…

There are moments from my time in South Africa that I hope will never fade. Some were loud like the…

Over the last three weeks, I entered a world far different than my own, unaware of how I’d respond to…

I left for South Africa with the expectation that I would be teaching, serving, and helping others, but by the…

As we were departing from our last day at Vusa, a staff member who we spent a lot of time…

As I reflect on my time in Costa Rica, I’m flooded with vivid memories—snakes, enormous bugs, team games, a grueling…

“Jamma!” This is a word from the Bribri Indigenous language – spoken by one of the Costa Rican indigenous communities…

One evening in Costa Rica, I wrote in my reflection journal: “I won’t ever know what I don’t know.” This…

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

Participating in ACE in South Africa has taught me numerous things about myself, my peers, communities abroad, other cultures, diverse…