How do you navigate three cultures in one of your first jobs?
What are some of the downsides of growing up bilingual?
How much of your culture stays inside you when you’re moving around?
On this episode we have not one but two very special guests for our Winter holiday episode. Parents are also educators and these two women are parents and very intentional teachers. They come from two different parts of the world, and from two very different cultures. What they have in common is theor willingness to explore how their cultures and the cultures they have around them have influenced their lives, the lives of their children, and the lives of the students and people they have worked with.
Shelly Winterboer (https://www.facebook.com/shellywinterboercoaching) shares her experiences teaching in South Africa and the cultural overlays she had to navigate, and
Damaryus Acevedo (https://rephonic.com/podcasts/the-homegirl-factor-podcast) explains how growing up bilingual can be more challenging than beneficial at times.
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