Third Culture Kid (TCK)

From hardly speaking English to owning three businesses in America As a young woman who was born and raised near Seoul—South Korea, Ju Young Thomas never dreamed that she would someday be a successful, cross-culture businesswoman living in the United […]

258 million people living outside their birth country “There are now an estimated 258 million people living in a country other than their country of birth — an increase of 49% since 2000 — according to new figures released by […]

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 […]

  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 […]

When Jesus and Rosa Parra immigrated to the United States, they had no idea of the things that were to come. Their journey from Mexico to the land of the free was thrilling, yet shocking at the same time. Jesus […]

This short film shows the life struggle of a young boy name Pico facing identity confusion. The film takes place in the beautiful land of the Himalayan Mountains near a village called Mussoorie, where Rahul’s childhood school was located. Pico […]