Third Culture Adults

Only a generation ago, it was mostly army or diplomat staff and high-level academic or business people who moved abroad with their young families. Now, more people prefer to experience life in a new country or travel frequently with their kids.

For a long time, I didn’t know what was wrong with me. As the daughter of a Korean diplomat, I had a privileged global upbringing. I studied at Oxford University, then started a promising career working at a Big Four […]

Do you remember the first time you walked into your high school cafeteria and had to decide where to sit? Few moments are more infamous for inducing teenage social anxiety.  For newly arrived French-Vietnamese student Julien Pham, this moment was […]

(Note: This article refers to “Matthew James Berrafato” because he has an uncle, Matthew Berrafato, who is also a photographer.) Irish-Italian-American photographer and all-around outdoorsman Matthew James Berrafato, a Third Culture Adult (TCA), missed the Hawaiian islands he had grown to […]

Living in one country where things go a certain way and transitioning to a place where things go a different way is always a difficult thing to do. Life changes entirely and for some, that can be a hard adversity […]

The world’s diversity is no secret. Earth is a vast planet with different environments, peoples and cultures. Each place is unique in its own way. Many peoples’ identities lie within their cultural environment because that’s where they’ve grown up. That’s […]

Media in Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin’s media crackdown has those outside the nation worried about its effect on Russians everywhere. With such heavy control over the media in Russia, the spread of misinformation and propaganda poses an international threat. Putin […]

When thinking of reggae music, a lot of people normally think of Bob Marley. He was born in Jamaica in 1945 and died in 1981 due to cancer. His name still remains relevant, well-known and evergreen, even 40-plus years later. […]