“You are home. Relax. You are my children now.” - Nani Ji, ACE in India ‘18 homestay host
DURHAM, N.C. - Those were the welcoming words Nani Ji offered to Kate Kutzer (Duke women’s track & field), Nicki Schindler (Stanford women’s rowing), Nathaniel Hernandez (Duke men’s swimming & diving) and Blake Sun (Stanford men’s gymnastics) when they arrived to spend a weekend in her home as part of the Rubenstein-Bing Student-Athlete Civic Engagement Program (ACE) in India. Kutzer says this immersive experience helped make New Delhi feel “like a home away from home.