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Tanya Crossman is passionate about building bridges of understanding between Third Culture Kids (TCKs) and those who care for them. She has mentored hundreds of teenage and young adult TCKs over the past 18 years. She travels to speak to educators, counsellors, parents, and students worldwide.

Tanya grew up in Sydney and Canberra, Australia, and lived in Connecticut, USA for two years of high school. She moved to China independently at age 21, where a study year turned into 14 years abroad (including 6 months in Cambodia). Tanya has been through repatriation three times – as a teenager and twice as an adult. She was locked out of China during the pandemic, and is currently based in Australia while working through the immigration process to j ...more

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Misunderstood: The Impact of Growing Up Overseas in the 21st Century

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My Accent Grief

I had a tumultuous relationship with my accent from the time I first left Australia as a 13 year old, repatriating two years later, and throughout my young adult years as an expat. In my last post (My Accent Battle) I discussed the rollercoaster of emotions I experienced while processing changes to my accent and how it was interrelated with my identity. I got to a place where I was content with my

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Dare to Lead

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Dawnshard (The Stormlight Archive, #3.5)

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Tanya Crossman wrote a new blog post Funerals and the Globally Mobile, Part 1 My uncle passed away last month. He suffered a brain injury a few years ago that affected his short term/functional memory, which left him in need of Read more of this blog post »
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