The Navigating Culture mission in its essence is about motivating and inspiring you to discover what lights you up and make it a part of your everyday life. No matter what Auntie or anyone else for that matter says. Most of the time, these explorations lead people outside of the confines of their traditional 9-to-5. But what happens to those of us who do explore and soul search but ultimately decide that the corporate world is where we want to be? Kim Tran is the founder of Your Work Ins...

Nisha Mody is not an immigrant, but she grew up surrounded by these brave souls. Her parents immigrated from India to the USA, which taught Nisha from a very young age to internalize the belief of working hard and earning your place by any means necessary.Like many immigrants and children of immigrant parents, Nisha remembers vividly the lectures from both her parents about working one’s finger to the bone in order to make it in this capitalistic society. This is a common mantra held amongst ...

Maybe you’ve taken a chance and left your comfortable life to start over in a new country. Maybe you thought, “I'm experienced, I'm established. beginning again should not be that difficult.” Only to realize several months later, you can't seem to figure out where you belong, or what you should be doing in the place you now call home. This is exactly what my guest today, Mariana Pena Vargas, experienced when she emigrated from Mexico to the Netherlands to be with her husband. On top of n...

What would you do if I said, ‘The world doesn’t want you to like yourself.’ Would you nod your head in agreement? Would you roll your eyes and mutter something about getting over it? Or would your reaction depend on the day or what happened to you the week before? If most of your days feel like the world isn’t excited to see you win, I get that. As a Black woman and an immigrant woman, I’ve had more than my fair share of neighbors, classmates, college professors, etcetera wondering out loud h...

Finding your identity is a huge struggle amongst immigrant children. Not only do they have to deal with cultural differences, but they have to navigate the difficult world of acknowledging and breaking generational patterns.Cassandra Le is the first generation daughter of immigrant parents who fled Vietnam as refugees in the 80s. She now resides in Spain after having spent her formative years in the United States. We have a heartfelt and intimate discussion about being brave and forging ...

Many immigrant children grow up with the expectation of landing a job in corporate America. Having faced the struggles of immigrating to a new country and working multiple jobs to keep the family afloat, immigrant parents want their children to live a life of stability, respectability, and acceptance. Shop all available merch including our signature “Not Today, Aunty” sweatshirt!It’s no wonder that many immigrant children feel guilty for rejecting the idea of sitting behind a desk for 8 ...

Immigrants start at the ground level yet are expected to meet shoulder to shoulder with their peers on every level. That’s why episode 3 of The Navigating Culture Podcast is about taking control of immigrant stereotypes! Shop all available merch including our signature “Not Today, Aunty” sweatshirt!In this episode of The Navigating Culture Podcast, Akanksha Aurora shares the importance of being proud of who you are and how she finds her ability to code switch a privilege, not a disadvant...

So often immigrants think that they must get outside approval in order to prove they are becoming successful citizens. No matter how hard they try and the things they accomplish, it never seems like it’ll be good enough. That’s why episode 2 of the Navigating Culture Podcast is about redefining what success looks like to you! Shop all available merch including our signature “Not Today, Aunty” sweatshirt!In this episode of The Navigating Culture Podcast, I’m sharing the importance of taki...

When someone asks, "What does it mean to be successful?' What do you think? What person jumps to your mind. It's true that when we were younger, we may have had one version of success we aspired to, but as we grow (physically and in other ways) it's okay for this vision to shift and change with you. That’s why episode 1 of the Navigating Culture Podcast is about reinventing your success and your vision! Shop all available merch including our signature “Not Today, Aunty” sweatshirt!In thi...

Navigating Culture, hosted by Anya Cherrice, helps immigrants and people from immigrant communities redefine archaic ideas of success and live on their own terms (even if Aunty disapproves). An immigrant from Trinidad, Anya understands the pressure immigrants feel from their community, the people in their new homes, and even from themselves to build a life that's impressive to others, even though it may be extremely stifling to them.Anya will be chatting with immigrant trailblazers who are re...