Robert Mairley “You have to have an open mind.” Mairley is an African-American man who was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Cultural discovery has affected his cultural worldview. 1. The Military Let’s start when Mairley first “met and associated with many different cultures:” in the military. At 19 years […]

“I’m not a TCK myself.  I grew in the same house all my life,” as Lillian Small clarified. Even so, the life of Lillian Small is filled with diversity. Not as a traditional Third Culture Kid (TCK), her diverse experiences were brought by herself. She is a traveler, a creator, a […]

This is a street cat in Shanghai; her name is Mimi. I’ve been feeding her for more than seven years before I studied abroad. When I was 13 years old, my family moved to a new house. I saw a little cat hiding under a big leaf. She was too […]

Amanda Bates reminisces the days she spent as an adolescent in the tropical country of Cameroon, Africa. She remembers spending time with her friends from the international school she went to, and she misses the undivided attention that made conversations with her peers so engaging. It was the perfect time for […]

You might know Australia as the Land Down Under or as the setting for “Finding Nemo,” but the country has much more to offer than just beautiful coastlines and catchy nicknames. According to the BBC News, Australia is the sixth largest country by landmass. The primary language spoken is English. […]