Then-juniors Elizabeth Starr and Zoe McCamy woke up every morning at 7 to the sounds of birds chirping and rain falling on the tin roof of the compound they were staying in with 18 other girls. After a breakfast of rice, beans, a cheese called queso de freir and plantains, Starr and McCamy spent the day and the following week mixing concrete for a pastor’s home. They also took care of single mothers’ kids at the local San Isidro, Costa Rica day care. “You subconsciously just feel better about yourself, in a sense,” McCamy said. “And I’m not doing it for myself. I’m doing it for everyone else.” To read more, click the link in bio. #storybygracepei #socialmediabybellabroce #photocourtesyofmarygagen