Andrea Palmieri said her story is too long and too emotional.
It starts, however, with two children. "We came to Palm Coast with no place to go, and home ownership here is extremely expensive," Palmieri said.
That's why she reached out to Flagler Habitat for Humanity.
Palmieri was accepted into the program in 2013 and has already helped build three houses.
The fourth house she's now helping build will be her own.
She's not alone, though.
About two dozen students from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, are spending their spring break helping build houses in Palm Coast.
John Goldfarb, a junior from Ocean Township, New Jersey, said the group is thrown together with students who may or may not know each other.
"It's an opportunity to not only get to bond with other people that you wouldn't normally meet, but it's a chance to do something that not many other people get to do and really make a difference in somebody else's life," Goldfarb said.
Kelly Antimisiaris said it's been a rewarding trip. Not because of the work they've done, but the help they provide to a complete stranger, like Palmieri.
"You get to watch her watch her house being built and know that she has a place to bring her kids," Antimisiaris said.
Palmieri can't say enough about the students, calling them her "angels."
"It's really a blessing," she said. "These are phenomenal people. You don't meet these people every day."
For the past 20 years, students from Sacred Heart University have gone across the country to help Habitat for Humanity.
But all work and no play makes for a pretty tough and long spring break. Still, the students have been able to spend at least some time at the beach. After all, they are in Florida.
"Every day," Goldfarb said in regard to the beach. "We've been there for at least two hours. All we've seen is snow the last three months."