cross cultural
Is Cinco de Mayo Being Celebrated The Wrong Way in the USA?
On Cinco de Mayo, are those in the United States celebrating this Mexican holiday by eating what they think to be “traditional dishes?” Folks in the United States tend to celebrate the holiday itself more than in Mexico, according to Businessinsider. […]
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 […]
Haram, Music for the Forbidden
Punk has been a platform for protest for decades, and with the current political climate punk is experiencing a new renaissance. Haram is one of those bands that is leading the new wave of tolerant punk. With their debut full-length […]
CCK Experience: Melody Tovar and Embracing Four Cultures
Melody Tovar’s mother is from France. Her father is from Venezuela and her brother was born in Switzerland. Now her family lives in the United States and she is the only natural-born U.S. citizen in her family. Growing up she […]
More Than Just Asian: Cross-Cultural Entrepreneur Kevin Truong Hopes to Change Sports Marketing
“What Asian are you?” This is a question that Kevin Truong gets asked often by other Asians. He knows they are asking about where his parents are from. When non-Asian Americans ask where he is from, Truong knows they are […]
Why ‘Black-ish’ is the Show To Watch From a Cross-Cultural and Hidden Diversity Perspective
Diversity is not constricted to how you look or your race, it is much more than that. Diversity is more than what meets the eye. When I think diverse, I think of more than one or a collection of ideologies, […]
Intraregional Borderlanders: Native American CCKs
Native American populations often fly under the public eye, and issues on reservations rarely make it into mainstream U.S. news coverage. U.S. culture is always described as a melting pot, a blend and mash of the culture of immigrants and […]
Five Reasons Why Everybody Should Study Abroad
By Aidan Loughren Time goes on, people change, and life flashes before our eyes. This time that goes on can be turned into time spent traveling. People changing can be used as an opportunity to grow and create new relationships. […]

















