Third Culture Kid (TCK)

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 […]

In this world, these are an endless amount of ways to make connections. In your surroundings, you have the ability to create a community around you. This can be whatever you need it to be, a group of friends, a […]

Top experts and researchers in the globally mobile community will be headlining this year’s Families in Global Transition Conference to be held March 8-10, 2018 at the World Trade Center in The Hague, the Netherlands. The three prominent keynote speakers […]

In a three-part series of interviews with third-culture kids (TCKs) and cross-culture kids (CCKs), we will learn about the upbringing of TCKs, making a life after many cultural experiences and raising of mixed-race children. In part one of our series, […]

“Who am I? I identify as black, coming from a multicultural family. Blackness is the umbrella that captures us all, paying all homage to our African ancestry. Nothing was ever conventional or traditional for me growing up. At a young […]

Third-culture-kid (TCK) and cross-cultural-kid (CCK) lifestyles — and the subsequent benefits and struggles — rarely enter the media. Often, only TCKs themselves seek to tell their stories while those who have experienced a less nomadic upbringing remain unaware of this […]

Second-generation third-culture-kid (TCK) Myra Dumapias freezes up a bit when asked the basic question: “Where are you from?” What is she supposed to tell people? Though she now lives in San Antonio, Texas, should she list off every country she’s lived in to every […]