Karissa Valencia, whose family is half Chumash, half Mexican, says Indigenous representation in Hollywood and especially animation “just hasn’t been present at all or accurate.”
Lauren Gale grew up spending half of her life in Canada and the rest in the United States. While many people might say the two countries have few differences in comparison, she would beg to differ. Cultural differences Lauren has experienced firsthand the two different cultural environments within her cross-cultural […]
Grief can slap you in the face with shock, jolt you awake with terror, or knock you into an emotional coma. It can also bore you to tears, make you pee your pants laughing and even awaken your sexual desires. Just ask Rebecca Soffer, author, former producer for The Colbert […]
TCK and cross culturalism has become more popular as we move towards a more globalized world. With the number of people living throughout different cultures to that of their ‘passport country’ increasing as time marches forward. Remote living may be the new ‘norm’ “The number of people living in countries not […]
Christine Baldwin The three part series continues as we explore the experiences of language teachers and professors whose hidden diversity has helped them better understand the world around them, and make them even greater educators. To complete the series, we explore the cultural fluidity of English as a Second Language […]
Music is a place where people share their life experiences and the emotions they feel at a certain time and place. Music is one of the many fields that a Third Culture Kid (TCK) can use to express their life story and journey. Yoko Ono is one of the most well-known artists in music, who […]
