GirlGI | Girl Gone International Issue 8 | Page 124

ON BEING A THIRD CULTURE KID My parents are both Greek but I was born in Australia. For most of my life we lived between those two countries. Over the years they have both become equally home. Being brought up in one of the oldest and one of the newest cultures in the world made for a very diverse and inspiring upbringing. It is what made me want to know more. If these worlds were so different but equally wonderful, what else is out there that I haven’t discovered yet? One day I decided to find out.