Multi-cultural

Ilaria Vilkelis is a Culturs Expert and the founder of Thriving Beyond Cultures, a resource to help ex-pats, B.R.A.T.s, and TCKs take time to process the dramatic changes they are experiencing. Ilaria believes that how we cope with change affects […]

  There are several ways to eat a bowl of soup. You could use chopsticks, or a spoon, or you could slurp it right out of the bowl – and often these tactics are culturally coded. For a kid growing […]

With every new technological development, we get closer to a common global lifestyle. Maybe not all of us are TCKs or have any plans to ex-patriate any time soon, but new advances in communication and social media are evolving our […]

It’s that time again. I can hear the buzz, the excitement and the unbridled wishes for time to move forward a little more quickly. The Families in Global Transition (FIGT) conference is coming around the corner, and the call to […]

Growing up in a religiously-blended household, Erin was never “enough.” Not Catholic enough, not Jewish enough, and she even experienced a brief identity crisis when she realized that being white in her predominately Hispanic hometown of El Paso, Texas set […]

Grace grew up trying to balance between her black and white identities. She struggled to find an answer from her family and community, who could only see her as black or white, never both at the same time. She turned to […]

Brazil is not a country for beginners.  Imagine living in a world where the differences we hold that make us individuals aren’t acknowledged or celebrated. A world where difference becomes obsolete and we can only be seen through one lens. […]

We continue with part two of the three-part series on Sydney Shalz’s intercultural modern family.  Shalz’s mother is Caucasian American, while her stepfather was born in Mexico and speaks fluent Spanish and English.  Her older stepbrother (whom she considers her […]