Third Culture Kids (TCK) are one of many forms people can have cross-cultural experiences, growing up in one or more culture(s) other that their parent’s, developing a liminal cultural space influenced by both or multiple cultures. This unorthodox experience can affect how TCKs develop cultural identity. Through ten in-depth interviews, I sought to understand how TCKs interact with the cultures that influence their lives, and how they wrestled the topic of cultural identity. Covering their experiences abroad in their host countries, how different forms of schooling impacted them and the event of repatriotization and reintegrating into American society, discussing re-entry culture shock and how they navigated their position within their new surroundings, 3 main factors played into their experience with cultural identity: (1) an acute awareness of being different while abroad; (2) experiencing a cultural disconnect when returning to the United States; (3) feeling drawn to other TCKs and members of the international community. Cultural identity was an uncertain and somewhat uncomfortable topic for most participants in this study, although nine of the ten participants believed they identified more as Americans. However, they overwhelmingly identified more with the broader TCK experience and international community, potentially pointing towards a shared TCK experience that manifests in a shared subculture. If you'd like to read my full paper, check out this link.