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Jose Alberto Morales-Velazquez — From Puerto Rico to Nuclear Missile Silos (Part 1 of 3)
Jose Alberto Morales-Velazquez was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico and grew up in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. His mother Elsa Velazquez took care of him and his sisters Delma and Moraima. His father, Roberto Morales, owned a local grocery store and […]
Adult Cross Cultural Kid and Emmy Winner Jharrel Jerome Uses His Diversity When Acting
Jharrel Jerome is the first Afro-Latino and Dominican actor to win an Emmy. Growing up, he felt like an outside in elementary school because of his mixed race.
Heritage and Culture: How These Things Helped Gerri Gomez Howard Find Success
When it comes to someone’s background affecting the way that they have lived and becoming an accomplished and successful person, someone that fits this description is Gerri Gomez Howard. Gomez Howard is the CEO of the Gomez Howard Group, an […]
Familial Disconnect and its Harmful Impact
Family is one of the most important things in a person’s life. Along with language and culture, family binds us. Family is defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “the basic unit of society traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their […]
Language Disconnect and its Harmful Impact
There are nearly 8 billion people on the Earth who speak one of the roughly 7,000 languages spoken in countries around the world. Language is important — it connects us and allows us to communicate and understand one another. For […]
Culturs Magazine’s Doni Aldine Was On The ‘Culture and Leadership Connections’ Podcast!
Culturs Magazine’s Editor in Chief Doni Aldine recently appeared on Shift Management’s “Culture and Leadership Connections” podcast with Marie Gervais. Doni talks about the multidimensionality of being a Third Culture Kid (TCK): As the world becomes more global, there are […]
The Beauty of TCKness: LaTonia Robinson
For fashion model LaTonia Robinson, being a Third Culture Kid (TCK) is not a label. Rather, it’s a journey. Robinson and being Jamaican-American Robinson is Jamaican-American who was born and raised in New York and now lives in Florida. She […]
The Life of Esther Wheelwright: An 18th Century TCK
Esther Wheelwright was a nun in the 1700s who lived in three different North American cultures from childhood through adulthood. Born in Wells, Maine in 1696, her quiet life as a tavern keeper’s daughter would soon be thrown into a […]