Global Culture

by Columnist Michele Davenport Recently I had a conversation with an American client who recounted her experience of family travel to her ancestral homeland – West Africa.  For this CULTURS magazine issue dedicated to families, the story seemed fitting. “ […]

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 […]

Mishell Hernandez defines her role as an interculturalist Recently, I sat down to virtually-talk with Cross-Cultural Kid (CCK), Immigrant, Expatriate, Third Culture Adult (TCA) and Interculturalist — Mishell Hernandez. Mishell is described as a “Mexican, Mongolian, raised in the United States.” I […]

Deciding to make your mark on the world in a positive way is a noble cause. I get asked a lot in my work for the United Nations and the World Bank Group how gratitude can transform our planet and […]

  Two Women of Colorado, Morgan Almazan and Anjali Gopinath, are incredible TCK women who have traveled and lived somewhere other than their hometown. They have traveled across the pond to finish college in India and work for the Navy […]

  Spain—known around the world for tapas and vino to be enjoyed in the envied siesta hours in the late afternoon—holds more in store for a TCK than just the gastronomic fanfare. Spain is also home to some of the […]

  In my last article, I talked about how Jillian is working hard to get “Verbeamtung” for her future career, which can only be achieved if the person passes multiple tests and standards to what Germany defines as “healthy”. Jillian […]

We all strive to be successful, smart, wealthy or someone we are just generally proud to be. People of all ages can feel the stress of not knowing who it is they really are, who they want to be or […]