TCK
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 […]
Alice Merton on ‘No Roots’: A Ballad for TCKs
When the single “No Roots” by Alice Merton came out in 2017, it reached number two on the alternative charts. For Third Culture Kids (TCKs) and other culturally mobile individuals, the title suggests a feeling with which they may be […]
The Life of Esther Wheelwright: An 18th Century TCK
Esther Wheelwright was a nun in the 1700s who lived in three different North American cultures from childhood through adulthood. Born in Wells, Maine in 1696, her quiet life as a tavern keeper’s daughter would soon be thrown into a […]
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 […]

















