Careers
Famed Nollywood Actress Stephanie Okereke on Faith and Fortune
Gracing the Nollywood screens, Stephanie Okereke’s professional career took flight in 1997. Compromise 2 and Waterloo were Okereke’s first two debut films within the industry.. Starting from the beginning, Okereke has been a family woman. Raised by her mother and […]
VIDEO: Hidden Diversity – Growing up Multi-cutural May Not Look Like You Expect Part 3
We continue with the final of a three-part series on Sydney Shalz’s intercultural modern family and how growing up in that family has affected her world view. “It was much different for me because I grew up in white America […]
The Hierarchy of expats: A lesson in tolerance
“These Turks in Germany, they’re not interested in getting integrated. They have their own shops and their own districts and they don’t even know German”- my German father-in-law says sometimes. I don’t want to argue with him. After a while, […]
VISUAL: New York Fashion Week vs. Paris Fashion Week
New York Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week both have influenced the fashion industry trends in different ways. Paris has historically been the “cradle” of the fashion industry even though New York Fashion week was established first. New York Fashion […]
Military B.R.A.T Wiz Khalifa: Black, Yellow and the Colors of Life in Between
Ten is the magic number. And no, Wiz Khalifa does not have ten Lamborghinis or ten luxuriously sprawling estates. Nor does he have ten private jets to fly him from coast to coast and back ten times. However, he does […]
Regional Laws and Customs: A TCK Perspective
On April 22 the UK issued a travel advisory warning its LGBT citizens that they may be impacted by recent legislation when traveling to North Carolina and Mississippi. Both states have recently passed controversial legislation impacting the LGBT community. In […]
SERIES: Part 1of 3 – Vanquish the TCK Blues: Overcoming Loneliness
As a Third Culture Kid (TCK), you understand sometimes feelings of sadness and isolation need to be dealt with because of your mobile lifestyle. Having to adapt to new cultures and environments sometimes leads to moments uncertainty about our own identities […]
The TCK Tribe: Out of Sight, Out of Mind and Found Again
I recently returned from one of the most affirming experiences I have ever had. I was privileged enough to attend the Families in Global Transitions (FIGT) conference this March. Started by the ever-glowing light of TCKdom, Ruth Van Reken and […]

















