EDUCATION

In book one of the “What (Race) Are We” series, Ivorian-American Muslim author Papatia Feauxzar introduces readers to Nouredine on his first day of preschool. The boy, an only child, is elated to be around so many other kids — until one of his schoolmates asks him: “What are you!?”

Studying abroad can be unnerving, but when you make it you need to celebrate. What is usually not discussed, along with mental illness abroad (which you can read about in part two here), is the adaption back — or “re-entry.” […]

You now know how to pick the best country or region to study abroad in for you (unless you missed Part 1 of 3, in which case you can catch up here), so where do you go from here? Well […]

Dear Reader: In this three-part series I will be explaining why to have an education abroad experience, how to pick the best country/region for you, benefits of immersing yourself in a different culture, adapting back home on your return, and […]

Amy Noble and Jordan Crowther are Third Culture Kids who had anything but easy transitions during their first year of college. “I completely lost all sense of home,” Noble says about her arrival to Colorado State University. Crowther remembers, “I […]

As we end our three-part series, we are going to take an inside look at the life of growing up as a mixed-race child. Julie Sanchez’s daughter went through a rough patch during her adolescent years, and she shares with […]

Christine Manzanares is often mistaken for a woman of Latina descent. When people take the time to ask about her story, she’ll gladly tell it. She was born in Seoul, South Korea in a military hospital. Her father was an […]

I was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA) by an immigrant, single mother. The storyline in “Fresh off the Boat” is very familiar to me. If the USA is a melting pot, New Orleans is the gumbo created in that […]