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For Adult Cross-Cultural Kid Jonnie Park, ‘Creators Shouldn’t Be Scared To Be Specific When Telling Their Stories’

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Born in Argentina to Korean parents and smuggled by a coyote across the U.S.-Mexico border when he was 3 years old, Jonnie Park grew up in L.A. amid cultural dislocation, his father’s violent alcoholism and the turbulent protests and riots of the early 1990s.

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How Chris Armas’ Boricua Upbringing Helped Him Become A Better Soccer Coach

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Chris Armas, the head coach of the Kansas City Current in the U.S. National Women’s Soccer League, had a distinctly cross-cultural upbringing.

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How Former Issuu.com CEO Joe Hyrkin Used Lessons Learned from a Decade In China To Succeed In Business

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For Joe Hyrkin, most of his business skills and acumen were formed on the streets and trains of China.

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‘Esta Isla’ Embodies The ‘In-Between’ History Of Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico exists in a strange in-between — not quite a nation, not quite a state — with a history marked by resistance, creativity and deep colonial trauma, according to the directors of “Esta Isla.”

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‘Slanted’ Director Amy Wang On Becoming More Comfortable In Her Own Skin

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Amy Wang, Chinese Australian director of the upcoming movie “Slanted,” has always been aware that she looked different.

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'Diary of a Bilingual Mother' by Rita Rosenbeck

‘Diary Of A Bilingual Mother’ — A Book That Lives Up To Its Title

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“Diary of a Bilingual Mother” is a fictional journal rooted in real-life experiences from multilingual families around the world.

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Reframing the Black Figure Through Cultural Fluidity: ‘The Time is Always Now’

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In “The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure,” Adult Third Culture Kid curator Ekow Eshun assembled a collective of contemporary Black artists whose works assert presence, identity and sovereignty.

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Adult Cross-Cultural Kid Pauline Yeghnazar PEck On Language And Religion (Part 3 of 3)

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When Pauline Yeghnzazar Peck was growing up in both Iran and the United States, the language spoken at home would switch from Farsi to English to Armenian

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