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Karl Olsen: Finding a Cultural Soul in a Multicultural Identity
Karl Olsen, native of Niwot, Colo., USA explains that people often look at him “like some sort of puzzle piece.” Just like everyone else, he grew up experiencing the culture around him but as a Japanese-Caucasian he felt his physical […]
Can Fraternities Help Black Athletes Navigate Cultural Challenges?
Black Greek Life Organizations (BGLO) have continued to provide opportunities for Black students but are they submitting to white social norms in today’s society? Emerald Green is the Assistant Director for the Black/African American Cultural Center at Colorado State University […]
The Gift of Being a TCK, Embodied By the French Singer Jain
Jain is a singer and a Third Culture Kid (TCK), a true product of multiculturalism. She is truly a child of the world. Jain was born in 1992 in Toulouse, France. She spent her formative years in France, Dubai, the Congo […]
Hiba Tawaji: A Lebanese Soprano, Actor and TCK
Hiba Tawaji Is a multi-talented artist who studied under some of the best Jazz, Gospel, and Pop coaches in the USA. She collaborated and acted in four plays produced by Mansour & Oussama Rahbani, and has recorded three chart-topping studio albums […]
TCK Musicians in the Spotlight
There are Third Culture Kids (TCKs) today who have made it big in the music industry, and three of those musicians are Wiz Khalifa, Cristina Aguilera and Jason Wade from Lifehouse. Wiz Khalifa A U.S. rapper born in 1987 with […]
An Insight on the Immigrant Experience
Diego Luna is a Mexican actor, producer and director. Both of his parents were passionate about the arts and film industry. His mother, Fiona Alexander, was a British costume designer who died in a car accident when Luna was just […]
Hidden Diversity and Rahul Gandotra’s ‘The Road Home’
In Rahul Gandotra’s short film, “The Road Home,” the main character, Pico, is struggling to identify himself in the world. On the outside, Pico appears to be Indian, and everyone in India perceives him as such. However, Pico has spent […]
The Culturally Mobile Lifestyle of a Military Brat
I am a Third Culture Kid. I am a Military Brat. I am a National Nomad. I am a child of the United States of America. I’ve only been out of the country once, for a week’s vacation in Canada. […]















