third culture kid
George Sisneros — 50 Stories From the Last 10 Years in Guatemala as Missionaries
For author George Sisneros, his kids leaving the nest was something he “never thought about as a missionary.” Sisneros’s new book, “Do You Love Me?: Giving Up the American Dream to Serve the Underprivileged,” describes him selling his house and […]
Where is Home?
The answer to this question has changed a lot for me over the years. I’m a Cross Cultural Kid (CCK), as I grew up in a place that was not my parents’ homeland. My parents were born and raised in […]
Audrey Hepburn — A Third Culture Kid in the Golden Age of Hollywood
The Beginning Audrey Hepburn is one the Golden Age of Film’s most iconic stars. Even though she was seen as a U.S. actress, Hepburn is a Third Culture Kid (TCK) who began her life in Europe. Edda van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston […]
Beautifully Arranged: Sol and Liz Ocampo — A Family Steeped in a Love That Began as Strangers in Marriage (Part 1 of 2)
Christian pastors Solomon (“Sol”) and Liz Ocampo have taken a unique path to love. They didn’t meet and fall in love and then get married — on the contrary, it was an arranged wedding. Both of their sets of parents […]
Addressing Privilege — Creating the Missing Piece In My Great Love Affair With My TCK Tribe
Discovering my Third Culture Kid (TCK) identity as an adult has been like a predestined romance waiting to happen before I had the language for it. Yet throughout this love affair, realized in the process of claiming a tribe, I’ve […]
Fitness Influencer Melissa Neill and Her British-African Upbringing
Fitness and lifestyle coach Melissa Neill is a proud, biracial British woman who is “very comfortable” in her own skin. In an interview with Culturs Magazine, she talks about her upbringing in Ghana and the U.K., the challenges her single […]
How Barack Obama and His Life as a TCK Assisted His Presidency
We all know the United States’ 45th president, Barack Obama. However, a lot of people are unaware of his lifestyle as a boy. He spent his early childhood moving from country to country with his mother and never fully settled […]
Alec Von Bargen and Understanding Cultural Fluidity Through Art
Adult TCK and mixed-media artist Alec Von Bargen uses art as a method to express himself and educate those around him. For many Third Culture Kids (TCKs), it’s a struggle for them to understand their roots and where they are […]
