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When I remember Piasau Camp I remember vibrant Friday nights. The Boat Club was filled with all of my schoolmates running barefoot on the beach and playing cops and robbers in the playground. All of the parents sat around eating […]

Lived outside your passport country growing up? You’re a Third Culture Kid (TCK), and it’s a must that you read Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, a fantastic book written by Ruth Van Reken and David Pollock.  They argue that […]

“So if you’re from Africa, why are you white?” This is one of the most frequently quoted lines from the cultural movie phenomenon, Mean Girls, which traces the transition of Cady Heron, African sweetheart, to an American high school “mean […]

As an adult Third Culture Kid, I used to always think and say to others: I get restless. I get bored easily. I need things to constantly be changing around me. I always thought it was logical: I’d lived in […]

This infographic offers a bit of insight into the life of a Third Culture Kid. The film, The Road Home, tells the story of Pico, a global nomad from Britain who is living in India. His feelings of displacement surround […]

This is my dream.  To inhabit or restore a historic building with a lot of character. To take a building that has seen many, and bring in barreling into the 21st Century by having different Cultures, People, Food, Art and […]

As you have seen in the last two parts of this, series, TCKs and LGBTQ+ individuals have their own definitions of the cultures and communities. But what happens when we find a cross of these two lifestyles? For Izzy, her […]

When I picked up (pun not intended) Daphna Levy’s “Picking Right”, I expected to discover a book about how to find the right match.  What I found was much more.  “Picking Right” shares the crucial ingredients necessary for a healthy […]