EX FILES | The Native Borne Family | Ghana

Meet the Native Borne Family, high school sweethearts turned married couple with five children. They set out on an adventure to explore various destinations aro... Read More...

Tax for Expats | Six Things you Need to Know About Filing American Taxes

Paying tax for expats is intimidating if you don’t know how it affects you. The good news is that you probably don’t have to worry because most Americans don’t ... Read More...

EX FILES | Dave Collymore | Japan

In 2008 I moved to Japan to teach English just because well, adventure. For someone to move to Japan it means they are really into the culture, very adventurous... Read More...

EX FILES | Claudette Hatcher | England & Holland

Mezzo-soprano and actress Claudette Hatcher is a polyglot with a passion for life, which she pursues to the fullest. Claudette has traveled across the United St... Read More...

The Impact of Islam on Culture in the Middle East

I’m very proud to say that I have been an expatriate for almost a decade now. For over three years I lived in South Korea, which Buddhism is the main religion o... Read More...

Sommelier Cha McCoy | At the Intersection of Passion & Purpose

Cha McCoy is now at the fruitful intersection of passion and purpose. As the creator of The Communion wine pairing gatherings, this is not the first time McCoy ... Read More...

EX FILES | Soul Food Sundays Bring Black Expats Together in The Philippines

  It doesn’t matter where on the African descendant line we all evolved, the one common theme no matter the village, city, province, or country is by fa... Read More...

EX FILES | Sojourn Wallace | Lebanon

Sojourn Wallace is a fixer. She travels the world to fix what humanity has broken by way of conflict and what Mother Nature has broken by way of natural disaste... Read More...

EX FILES | Sojourn Wallace | Lebanon

Sojourn Wallace is a fixer. She travels the world to fix what humanity has broken by way of conflict and what Mother Nature has broken by way of natural disaste... Read More...

Ghana | A Second Home

Ghana, West Africa!  The place that many African Americans have been traveling to visit or live for the past 30+ years. It is what I call my second home on the ... Read More...

EX FILES | Kimberly West | Mexico

  FACES OF EXPATRIATION –  MEXICO   New York native Kimberly West is a woman who takes her passions and turns them into profitable busines... Read More...

EX FILES | Civil Unrest | When to Hold ‘em and When to Fold ‘em

FACES OF EXPATRIATION: NICARAGUA   Expat life is often romanticized by visions of a man dressed in white linen, wearing shades and a Panama hat while s... Read More...

EX FILES | Dr. Rafael Montalvo | Cuba

FACES OF EXPATRIATION –  CUBA Born in Germany as an “Air Force Brat,” Rafael Don Q. Montalvo moved to Colorado and was raised in a very diverse community withi... Read More...

EX FILES | Nicole Brewer | Oman

FACES OF EXPATRIATION – OMAN Certainly, it must take an incredible amount of courage with equal parts motivation to decide to leave the home of your birth an... Read More...

EX Files: So You Want To Be An Expat?

Have you ever wanted to commute to your office on Japan’s fastest commuter train, the Tsukuba Express, or unwind with co-workers at the Artcaffe, Nairobi’s hott... Read More...

EX Files | Almenia Garvey | France

FACES OF EXPATRIATION - FRANCE “Fortunately with today’s technology, like Facetime, Skype and Whatsapp, we are able connect and share with our families the w... Read More...

Ex Files | Shirelle Allen | UAE

FACES OF EXPATRIATION - THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES I “used to” convert dirhams to dollars and Celsius to Fahrenheit.  Well, I am done doing with stuff like th... Read More...

EX FILES | Rasheed Dennis | Mexico

FACES OF EXPATRIATION - MEXICO "I actually haven't stayed in the USA longer than a week since 2011. So that tells you all you need to know. " While ... Read More...

EX Files | Ramone Turnquest | China

FACES OF EXPATRIATION – CHINA Ramone Turnquest is CEO & Creative Director for Haus of Regal V. Real, a luxury bag company based in China. He is the former ... Read More...

EX FILES: Inside Secrets to Black Expat Love

“I was terrified. I’m in my 30s. I’m single.” For Faye Tillery, Founder of Black Expat Love Connection, her recent foray into the nomadic expat life was me... Read More...

Ex Files | Deanna Lewis | South Africa

FACES OF EXPATRIATION - SOUTH AFRICA Deanna was born and raised in Southern California. At the age of 17, Deanna became a mother and decided to devote her life... Read More...

Ex Files | Maxx Moses | Mexico

FACES OF EXPATRIATION - MEXICO Remaining uncomfortable is a life practice for the artist, Daniel Hopkins. Creating large scale spray painted murals across the ... Read More...

Ex Files | Lisa R. Mitchell | Globalist

FACES OF EXPATRIATION - THE GLOBALIST Lisa R. Mitchell is a Global Business Executive with nearly 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Sh... Read More...

EX-FILES | HU JOHN | CHINA

FACES OF EXPATRIATION – CHINA A Newark, NJ native and first born Trinidadian American, Hu John grew up in various parts of the United States. He went to High S... Read More...

Ex Files | Germaine Thomas | Sweden

FACES OF EXPATRIATION - SWEDEN (IMG: Germaine Thomas. Photo Credit to : Lola Akinmade Åkerström) A strong desire for change and to continue her life journe... Read More...