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As a Military Brat and a Third Culture Kid (TCK), I’ve never stayed in one place for more than four years. I move to a new place, leaving old friendships behind. There’s promises to keep in touch . . . […]

In Part 1 of our interview with filmmaker Sebastian Tobler, he talked about his short movie “Joyrider.” In this part, he talks about his next film, “This Time.” Myra Dumapias:  Tell us more about the characters in “This Time” and […]

If there was ever a perfect way to portray the universal experiences of attachment and letting go, a Third Culture filmmaker would know how to do it. By inviting his audience to step into brief moments around moving day, filmmaker Sebastien […]

The media has a large influence on the way we structure and even live out our lives, according to Brad Kaye, a media and communications scholar. As behaviors are performed within media texts, we encode those in our long-term memory. […]

(In Part 3, we look at Yasuha Miura, co-host of the “In-Between Club” podcast.) Yasuha’s story On a typical Friday night, my family gathers around the dinner table where we have Thai green curry, tonkatsu, and french fries. My younger […]

​​Your “normal” is just a reflection of the world that you choose to see. This is one of the most powerful perspectives that I have come in touch with, in my life as a Third Culture Kid/Cross-Culture Kid (TCK/CCK). In […]

(In part 1, we find out about the ‘In-Between Club‘ podcast and how it came to be from its co-hosts, Yasuha Miura and Tomoka Mori.) Identity and roots of the ‘In-between Club‘ Growing up as TCKs/CCKs, many of us struggle […]

Michelle Obama introduces her thoughts by asking a typical question of childhood: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Her memoir “Becoming” is the former first lady’s response. Michelle Obama’s journey is not easy.  It is full, […]