As Told By Nomads

I got to talk to Davis Nguyen recently and I have to say he is one of the smartest people I have ever met. His family immigrated to the U.S. so he learned to be grateful for every little opportunity he Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jake Ducey is an author and global speaker who dropped out when he was 19 years old and then independently released his first book entitled Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Khan is a freelance writer based in Cape Town, South Africa. She was born in Canada, then moved around to several countries including Toronto, Saudi Arabia, India, Syracuse, Boston, and New York. She has made visits to 30 countries along the way. After travelling to South Africa on a whim, she fell in love with Cape Town as well as a Capetonian. One year later, she left New York for the Sout...

Brian Smith, Founder of the world famous UGG Australia Brand graduated in 1978 as a Chartered Accountant in Australia, Brian came to California looking for the next big opportunity to bring back to Australia. While studying at the UCLA Graduate School of Management he observed that there was no sheepskin footwear in the US. With only $500 in capital, he imported boot samples and over the next seve...

Bud Hennekes is a 23 year old student of life and citizen of the world who created A Boundless World to help people create a more fulfilling and interesting life through a commitment to personal and spiritual growth. He started A Boundless World during his Junior year of high school, the year in which he moved from Texas to Shanghai as a way to chronicle his path of personal growth and has been bl...

Nathaniel Boyle is an explorer addicted to new things, travel optimist, and frequent flyer mile collector who’s circumnavigated the globe and been chased by dogs in only four different countries. He loves hunting for well-crafted coffee and beer, and street food. He also loves design, filmmaking, writing novels, and stories of every kind. Travel, for him, is about exercising imagination, creating...

Thai was a 6-month old baby when his parents fled persecution after the Vietnam War, they survived the terrifying boat journey and made it to refugee camp in Indonesia before being accepted into Australia. He’s been on a journey of self-discovery ever since. Having been a 5-Star chef who’s cooked for celebrities, an international rugby player and kick boxer, Thai is now finishing his first book. F...

Santiago Jaramillo discusses how reading Robinson Crusoe enabled him to avoid being kidnapped and ultimately led him to Florida from Colombia. He navigated different cultures while in school and learned how to assimilate and ultimately be a serial entrepreneur. After starting several successful businesses in high school and college, Santiago founded Bluebridge in his dorm room at Indiana Wesleyan...

After listening to part 1, you heard about how at the age of 21 with a scant set of belongings nestled into a backpack, he left Senegal and amazingly, with only a gallon of water he managed to walk across the Sahara desert by foot between Algeria and Libya in six arduous days-all in an inspiring effort to achieve his dream of some day living in the United States of America. After living and workin...

Ousmane Ndoye is an in-demand speaker and author of the books:Stand with No excuses which - the 2nd edition will be published by Motivational Press soonServing unfailinglySoaring Beyond Cab FaresIgniting – the 1st edition will be published by the Motivational Press soonKnown as the “The fisherman’, Ousmane is the founder and CEO of Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

?Nina Davuluri was one of over 14,000 young women to vie for the coveted title of Miss America 2014 and its $50,000 scholarship award.  In September of 2013, Nina, a University of Michigan graduate, gained international acclaim by becoming the first contestant of Indian descent to win the Miss America Competition representing the state of New York. Over the course of the Nina’s year of service as...

I HAD A BLAST with this episode. If you can picture a mix of Europe, Africa and North America and guys being guys chatting about sports, this is THAT episode. I also loved the perspective they both brought and how they bridge cultural gaps and develop relationships across continents by changing lives for the better. Jake Schuster and Rowan Rimington who combine a dozen years of experience working...

Anita Wing Lee is a transformational coach, entrepreneur and speaker who guides aspiring changemakers, ambitious students and young professionals to become their most brilliant, fearless selves. Anita has successfully guided, coached and mentored a rising generation of millennials to create lives of total freedom, where they get paid for their passion and meaningfully contribute to the world Hoste...

Ricky Shetty is the owner and operator of Daddy Blogger, where he writes about parentingfrom a father’s perspective. The website Daddy Blogger includes reviews of family-friendly products and services, restaurant reviews, car reviews, family travel recommendations, event recaps, interviews with dads, contests, giveaways, and more. For more show notes head over to www.uydmag.com/podcast/ricky-shett...

Andrea Loubier is the CEO of Mailbird. She is half American and half Filipino, born in France, grew up in Africa, Thailand, Indonesia and the U.S. Andrea is a passionate and dedicated entrepreneur who loves exploring the world of effective communication, productivity and relationship building when it comes to business development. For more head over to www.uydmag.com/podcast/andrea-loubier Hosted...

Malte Zeeck has always had a true passion for travel, cultures and people. He grew up in Bonn, Germany and during his high school years, Malte traveled to all the continents of the world. At the age of 16, he did a one-year high school exchange in Syracuse, New York. His thirst for new cultures could hardly be quenched. After doing his military service in Budel, Holland, and in Sardinia, Italy, in...

Alex is PMP certified Project Manager, currently based in Vancouver, Canada. Prior to this, Alex was stationed in Dubai for several years working on different projects, including projects for the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing. When he’s not managing projects, he speaks about intercultural management. He spends a lot of his time on the road, and many weekends in Seattle, Portland and...

Brittani Sonnenberg is the author of the novel Home Leave, published by Grand Central in the US, Arche Verlag in Germany, and AST in Russia. Sonnenberg has an MFA fro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I really enjoyed this episode with Shiela! It was like story time for me hearing her recount all her experiences. Shiela Scott-Wilkinson is the Founder, Executive Director and Artistic Director of Theatre Of Hearts/Youth First (TOHYF), where she oversees day-to-day operations. Prior to her work with Theatre Of Hearts/Youth First, Scott-Wilkinson studied and worked in Europe, where she became an ac...

In this episode I talk with Olivia Charlet and we cover her Third Culture Kid experience, her background, making friends all over, a lot of dating and how she has applied her story in the workplace today. For more show notes visit www.tayorockson.com/blog/011 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features Ian Robinson who isn't a TCK but identifies with many of the same experiences TCKs have. After having been exiled from the United States due to visa issues, citizen Ian Robinson founded Freedom Podcasting Company LLC to do excellent work and build a real business while traveling the world. With Freedom Podcasting Company LLC he has become quite the success story in the podcas...

Cecilia Haynes is a Third Culture Kid, freelance writer, editor, and photographer, and a published author. Her article “Anything is Possible in India” can be found in The Places We’ve Been, a travel anthology. A diplobrat, she was raised in India, China, the US, and the Philippines. After graduating from the University of Virginia with a degree in Foreign Affairs and History, she taught English in...

In this amazing episode with Alice Jungclaus she shares her thoughts on different ways to raise kids in global environments and how parents themselves can deal with the changes they see in their children. To find out more about Alice and her work go to www.tayorockson.com/blog/parenting-in-a-global-environment-with-alice-jungclaus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elizabeth (Lisa) was raised in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Morocco, Egypt, and Connecticut as a Guatemalan-American business brat of Chinese-Spanish-Irish-French-German-English descent. She is an actress who works on stage, television, and film.  ALIEN CITIZEN: An Earth Odyssey, Elizabeth’s autobiographical solo show, has been touring internationally since it premiered last year in Hollywood. F...

Today's episode is with Dr. Patricia Stokke who is a military and corporate overseas brat/third culture kid, having grown up in Japan and many US locations. She holds a doctorate from Drexel University in Educational Leadership and Management with a concentration in Human Resources Development and teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Some of the courses Dr. Stokke teaches include glob...