What is it like to grow up in different countries, different languages and different cultures, all around the world? It sounds pretty exciting and exotic, and for the most part, it is!
But where does that leave your sense of home, and belonging? Third Culture Kids share this identity, punctuated by a key part of the definition: growing up, in their formative years, in a culture different from that of their parents.
Risa (pronounced Lisa), is our guest today on The MultiPod, sharing her story of being born in Japan, moving to Brazil as a baby, before heading to the United States a few years later, then Mexico, and back to the States (but in a different part), all by the time she reached college.
Along the way she became fluent in three languages, faced tough choices, and spent a lot of time in airports. This life has helped her navigate her multipotentiality, particularly her career choices and perspectives on time, money and facing the unknown.
Join us for a fascinating discussion on Third Culture Kids, the travelling multipotentialites.