cross cultural

Terri Mairley “Culture makes the world go round.”   In the earlier article, we touched upon Robert’s family. In this article, we will be zooming in on his daughter and cross-cultural kid (CCK), Terri Mairley. Mairley is an African-American woman […]

Throughout this three part series, you will see Pamela Blattner’s journey from ignoring her Peruvian heritage to becoming confident as a blended Latina. First, in part one, you explored her upbringing where she tried to fit into the molds of […]

Robert Mairley “You have to have an open mind.” Mairley is an African-American man who was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Cultural discovery has affected his cultural worldview. 1. The Military Let’s start when Mairley first “met and associated […]

“I’m not a TCK myself.  I grew in the same house all my life,” as Lillian Small clarified. Even so, the life of Lillian Small is filled with diversity. Not as a traditional Third Culture Kid (TCK), her diverse experiences were […]

Parts one and two of this family-based series explored the lives of Rasha Pecoraro and Yvette Gentile, the two daughters of Fauna Hodel. Hodel was born in 1951 to a prominent white family in California. Before birth, Hodel was bargained […]

Amanda Bates reminisces the days she spent as an adolescent in the tropical country of Cameroon, Africa. She remembers spending time with her friends from the international school she went to, and she misses the undivided attention that made conversations with […]

Florence Chabert d’Hieres is a woman with quite a story to tell – and one she is managing to live through the support of her family while following her passion. In an exclusive interview, Florence shares some of her experiences and […]

Global diversity and all its surrounding divisions, classifications, misconceptions, struggles, ideas and linking factors have never been more complicated to define. However, Ruth Van Reken, co-founder of Families in Global Transition (FIGT) and co-author of “Third Culture Kids: Growing Up […]