Expat Alien: My Global Adventures

Kathleen grew up moving from country to country. She was born in Burma and lived in Mexico, Colombia, Nigeria, Switzerland and the US. Expat Alien takes you through her memories of each new place and the challenges of adapting to and adopting each new country. With each move there was a chance to re-invent herself and learn about new cultures and geography. Her hardest move is to her passport country where she suffers from "reverse" culture shock. As an adult she finally learns her own tribe is called Third Culture Kids and they all have experienced the same ups and downs of being a global nomads. Kathleen takes it a step farther and crosses over to being an adult expat in Russia and raising her own Third Culture Kid. Follow Kathleen on her journey through the ups and downs of being a Third Culture Kid.

Kathleen Gamble was born and raised overseas. She has lived in 18 cities on 5 continents and visited 40 countries. When she is not at work, working on her blog, or reading, she creates original needlepoint. You can follow her blog at Expatalien.com.