cross cultural
Where is Home?
The answer to this question has changed a lot for me over the years. I’m a Cross Cultural Kid (CCK), as I grew up in a place that was not my parents’ homeland. My parents were born and raised in […]
Culturally Fluid Artists in the 21st Century
In today’s world it is very common for people to take refuge in music and art to escape their day-to-day burdens. Many people may not know that a number of the world’s prominent artists are culturally fluid. Comedian Ahmed Ahmed […]
BTS — K-Pop and How the Genre Changed the Western Music Industry
K-pop, or Korean pop, is on plenty of radars today. However, K-pop is not a new fad — the genre has existed for around 30 years, with BTS being the biggest and most recent example. Surprisingly, K-pop spawned from the […]
Mindy Kaling: Navigating Multicultural Life in the United States
Mindy Kaling is an Indian-American actress, comedian, writer, producer and director. She is known for starring as Kelly Kapoor in the NBC show “The Office” and many other shows and movies. She even created, produced, and starred in her own […]
Tennis Superstar Naomi Osaka — The reality of different cultures
Naomi Osaka, known for her talent and passion for tennis, is a multicultural, multiracial, Japanese-Haitian-American woman. She worked her way up to the No. 1 ranked player in women’s tennis following her Grand Slam wins at the 2018 U.S. Open […]
Beautifully Arranged: Sol and Liz Ocampo — This Kenyan-Filipino Family is Steeped in a Love That Began as Strangers in Marriage (Part 2 of 2)
In part 1 of this interview with Solomon and Liz Ocampo, the couple talked about how the first met and went through an arranged marriage. In this part, they talk about Liz’s pregnancies and raising four cross-cultural kids. “My first […]
Beautifully Arranged: Sol and Liz Ocampo — A Family Steeped in a Love That Began as Strangers in Marriage (Part 1 of 2)
Christian pastors Solomon (“Sol”) and Liz Ocampo have taken a unique path to love. They didn’t meet and fall in love and then get married — on the contrary, it was an arranged wedding. Both of their sets of parents […]
Asian Legacy in Peru
Whatever you think Peru is, I assure you, it is far from what you expect. It’s a country that celebrates the diversity not only of its fauna and geography but also its traditions and different migrant groups for the past […]

















