cross cultural
Cultural Differences: Making Room in Your Heart for a Third Culture Adult (Part 3 of 3)
(This post is dedicated to my mother and the third in a series about Third Culture Kids and Third Culture Adults. Read the previous articles here and here.) “Where are you from” is a question some of us can answer […]
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 […]
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 […]