A series on culture, communication & immigration, the power of perception and the barriers we erect between ourselves and genuine globalization. After being so uncomfortable in my own mixed skin for far too long, I’d love to explore the positive potential that lies in all of us. Try to capture how we can take international connection beyond digital and professional to meaningful and personal. To grow beyond world-changing and too-often often snap judgements, regardless of ethnicity, religion, illnesses, disabilities, sexual preferences of the million other moments that make us who we are The power to, as UYD so deftly describes, “use your difference to make a difference.” To convey multiple cultures and the disharmony that can arise due to misunderstanding and perceived barriers: stigmas, stereotypes, preconceptions– or even worse– tension, conflicts and violence..