Global Culture

Thrust onto the public stage at 15 years old after the Taliban’s brutal attack on her life, Adult Third Culture Kid (ATCK) Malala Yousafzai quickly became an international icon known for bravery, resilience and her struggle to secure education for all, especially for girls and refugees.

If you’re a culturally fluid educator working with globally mobile students, you’ll want to check out the Safe Passage Across Networks organization.

“Epinephrine” is a film that follows a biracial architecture student as she experiences microaggressions in her day-to-day life.

Nikita Gupta is the founder of Growing Up Gupta, a digital lifestyle brand and community platform dedicated to multicultural/South Asian interracial families, cross-cultural relationships and global parenting resources.

Yara Shahidi is a bicultural woman of many talents: actor, storyteller, business entrepreneur, activist and global brand ambassador.

Over 70 friends and relatives gathered in Aurora, Ill., U.S.A. this summer to celebrate the 80th birthday of Third Culture Kid author, Families in Global Transition Co-Founder and Alchemist Award honoree Ruth Van Reken.

If you’re interested in the current state of research on Third Culture Kids (TCKs), Cross-Cultural Kids (CCKs), expat families and international life in general, you’ll want to check out the TCK Research Podcast.

Urmi Hossain grew up between two worlds — Bengali and Italian — where love and relationships were not just different in each culture, but at times even opposing.