cross cultural
Americas Latino Eco Festival: Celebrations of Diversity and Artivism
Pounding drums, flowing dresses, and inspirational chants brought life to the 2017 Americas Latino Eco Festival (ALEF). The Barrio E’nsemble’s ceremony of prayer, singing, and dance accompanied the art exhibition of Alfonso “Piloto” Nieves Ruiz, and his socially respectable […]
TCK Adele Johnson’s Cross-Cultural Adventure
In a three-part series of interviews with third-culture kids (TCKs) and cross-culture kids (CCKs), we will learn about the upbringing of TCKs, making a life after many cultural experiences and raising of mixed-race children. In part one of our series, […]
SERIES- PART 2 OF 3 : How Global Culture is a Personal Concept featuring Terri Mairley
Terri Mairley “Culture makes the world go round.” In the earlier article, we touched upon Robert’s family. In this article, we will be zooming in on his daughter and cross-cultural kid (CCK), Terri Mairley. Mairley is an African-American woman […]
Lillian Small’s life is not less diverse and colorful than any TCK
“I’m not a TCK myself. I grew in the same house all my life,” as Lillian Small clarified. Even so, the life of Lillian Small is filled with diversity. Not as a traditional Third Culture Kid (TCK), her diverse experiences were […]
Amanda Bates: A TCK experience that inspired a career
Amanda Bates reminisces the days she spent as an adolescent in the tropical country of Cameroon, Africa. She remembers spending time with her friends from the international school she went to, and she misses the undivided attention that made conversations with […]
Following the Culturally Mobile: Florence Chabert d’Hieres
Florence Chabert d’Hieres is a woman with quite a story to tell – and one she is managing to live through the support of her family while following her passion. In an exclusive interview, Florence shares some of her experiences and […]
Music for Healing: TCK Artist Mawule Gives Voice To Social Issues
Music has magnetizing allure. Songs unearth emotion. From raindrops tapping a window to a soft bone-chilling melody, sound connects us to our most powerful memories and feelings. Mawule (pronounced “MAH-OOH-LEY”), a Denver-based singer and songwriter, believes music serves as a coping mechanism. […]
Ruth Van Reken: The Power of Passion
Global diversity and all its surrounding divisions, classifications, misconceptions, struggles, ideas and linking factors have never been more complicated to define. However, Ruth Van Reken, co-founder of Families in Global Transition (FIGT) and co-author of “Third Culture Kids: Growing Up […]