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Hey, Everybody! Welcome back to (A)Broad in Education!

I've been on a long hiatus while completing my dissertation, but I'm finally back with another amazing season! In Season 4, I'm focusing on relationships abroad! It's a topic that seems to pique the interest of so many who aspire to know what it's really like living abroad. I bring forward the voices of eight Black American women who share their stories about internationalizing their marriages, ridding themselves of excess relational baggage, and even the baecation that turned into a staycation!

This is definitely a season you don't want to miss! 
 
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(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Editing by Layne Bower, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Music by Pixabay and Epedimic Sound. 

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SHOW NOTES:
In this week’s episode, John David Lewis and I discuss his chapter, The Rat Race, in the 2019 book Going Global: The Life-Changing Experiences of 10 Courageous Black Men. When discussing the blueprint of living in a rat race society, John said, “I did all of this in the States, to come over here [UAE] to find the American dream.” Sixth in the EDpat Literature Review Series*, Going Global focuses the perspectives of 10 Black men reflecting on financial, environmental, and circumstantial problems in the US as motives for their decisions to move to the UAE.
 
*The EDpat Literature Review Series are episodes dedicated to highlighting literature that focuses on the Black EDpatriate and Black travel narratives.

RESOURCES:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Jason-D-Etheridge-M-Ed/dp/1729835635
Going Global Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Going.Global.Book/
We Finally got the American Dream by Moving Abroad: https://travelnoire.com/black-expat-familywe-finally-got-american-dream

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES: https://www.facebook.com/JohnDavidLewis
IG: @2womuchme/ @lewissquadabroad

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Music from Pixabay.com.
 
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SHOW NOTES:
In the previous episode, I shared a story about my recent personal experience in a romance scam with Kevin G. I received several responses from personal stories to those who simply wanted to express support. Thank you.

In this week’s episode, rather than focusing on how to avoid a romance scam, I came together with K.D. Caldwell, the author of the book When Swiping Right Went Wrong to discuss the “how and why” as it relates to both of us finding ourselves entangled within similar situations— romance scams initiated over dating apps. 

BRIEF BIO:
K.D. Caldwell (she, her, hers) is a New York based counselor, academic advisor, and business owner. Featured on multiple news outlets and at your nearest event with her Photobooth business, writing a novel was always on her bucket list. With her latest book When Swiping Right Went Wrong that dream became a reality. When not absorbed in the latest gripping page-turning book, K.D. loves cooking, working on her businesses, and traveling the world.

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https://www.walmart.com/ip/When-Swiping-Right-Went-Wrong-How-I-Almost-Lost-Everything-in-the-Blink-of-an-Eye-Paperback-9781646201723/754948960

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES: IG: @KerellewithaK
 
(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Music by Pixabay. 
 
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SHOW NOTES:
Have you heard any stories about romance scams abroad?
Want to hear mine?

This week's episode was inspired by an article in Travel Noire. Kesi Irvin shared a story about being in love in Kenya and discovering that it was all a lie. I felt empowered through her story to share my own. After you listen to this episode, if you're interested in learning more about romance scams, search "romance scam stories" on Youtube.

RESOURCES:
Dubai Romance Scams: How to Stay Safe and Verify in the UAE. https://www.wymoo.com/blog/dubai-romance-scams-how-to-stay-safe/

Online Romance Scams Are Fleecing More Americans. https://www.forbes.com/sites/dianahembree/2017/06/20/romance-scam-crimes-on-the-rise/#267101225ec1

Romance Scams: Scam Busters and Dating Site Reviews. https://www.romancescams.org

Travel Noire: I fell in Love in Kenya and it was a lie. https://travelnoire.com/fell-love-in-kenya-all-a-lie 

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Music from Pixabay.com.
 
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SHOW NOTES:
Because of my experience teaching abroad, I’ve been approached by many people interested in tips for navigating the international school market. There are many recruitment agencies and resources out there so I’ve developed a series of themed episodes called The Aspiring EDpat Toolkit. Through conversations with EDperts, experts who provide details and resources about education abroad, these episodes are where you want a pen and paper handy because there is a lot of useful information shared.

This week’s episode is with International School Services (ISS) a nonprofit organization well known in the international school market. I spoke with Laura Light, the director of global recruitment, Dana Specker Watts, the director of research development, and Joanna Lombartni, a recent employee at ISS, to discuss the benefits that ISS offers to assist with searching for opportunities within educational occupations abroad. They also shared a bit about their personal experiences within teaching abroad. Without further delay, please enjoy my conversation.     

RESOURCES:
https://www.iss.edu

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:
@ISScommunity

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Music by Pixabay. 
 
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SHOW NOTES:
Before you listen to this episode, if you haven’t had a chance, go back and listen to Episode 39, an interview with TK McLennon about her idea to curate the book TrailBlasian: Black Women Living in East Asia. In that episode, TK and I talk a bit about her life and how the idea of the book came to fruition. The previous episode provides more context to this week’s episode, an interview with Kenya Evans, who authored one of the chapters in the book. Kenya is from Wisconsin and she talks about her past and present journey of being an international educator and discovering ways to begin and continue her journey as an EDpat. Without further delay, here is my conversation with Kenya Evans.

BRIEF BIO:
Kenya (she, her, hers) is a Milwaukee-bred writer turned world-traveling ESL teacher who loves to do the dougie and nene when she’s not breaking down phonics. Her career began in nonprofit marketing. Since then, she’s flown the coop, in 2013, to move to South Korea. She has also lived and taught in Saudi Arabia and currently lives in Colombia. Seven years and 30 plus countries later, she has learned a lot about herself, people, and the world.

RESOURCES:
EPIK: http://www.epik.go.kr/index.do
Qkids: http://teacher.qkids.net/ref?code=DAYHNK
VIPKID: https://www.vipkidteachers.com/mkt/landing/personal?referralToken=f12c90497e9ee78cc4fc7a0adafa23a2&refereeId=2084927


SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:
Twitter: @thatwriterkenya
IG: @contentwriterkenya
Website: msha.ke/contentwriterkenya

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Music by Pixabay. 
 
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SHOW NOTES:
In this episode, Carla, an EDpat from Brooklyn, NY, discusses her experience living in Paris, Liberia and other countries in Africa and Asia.
Listen as she (un)packs her experience!

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud.

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SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:
Carla Whyte~ Instagram: cam_newtondaley

In this solo mini-episode, Tiffany Lachelle travels back to Morocco to reflect on an interesting birthday experience. Listen, as she shares a story that began as a harmless birthday celebration and later stemmed into a valuable life lesson: Don’t Talk to Nobody Outside of the Crew!

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. 
 
Want to continue this conversation with other EDpats? Search (A)Broad in Education on Facebook and join us in the EDpat Lounge.  
 
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SHOW NOTES:
Six degrees of separation has nothing on the conversation between Whitney and I. We met over Facebook from a post where I inquired about African American EDpats living in the UAE. While conversing, I asked, “Do you know this person”… “Yes, we went to the same HBCU and had the same professor.” “Do you know this person?” “Yes, and a few people that I attended school with also live and work here in Dubai.” I left this episode with the following thought: The deeper you go into the unfamiliar, the more familiar things become. Whether people, places, customs, or traditions, through travel, you can always find pieces of yourself around the globe.

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud.

Mentioned Book: Black Identities: West Indian Immigrant Dreams and American Realities by Mary C. Waters

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SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:
IG: @whitberries
Youtube: #WFC2015: Whitney-Amanda Horsham 

SHOW NOTES:
One of my top five strengths from Strengths Finder is connectedness. However, the way that this strength shows up in my life, looks completely different from the way that it shows up in Darielle's!
Darielle, this week's podcast guest, is an EDpat who works as a primary school teacher in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. She previously worked in Atlanta, Georgia and in South Korea before landing in the Arabian desert. Listen to Darielle as she (un)packs her EDpat journey in this episode.

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud.

Want to continue this conversation with other EDpats? Search (A)Broad in Education on Facebook and join us in the EDpat Lounge. 

Social Media Handles
Instagram: usumthnelse
Facebook: Darielle Jordan Day

The first question that many Black women ask before traveling or moving abroad is, “what hair care products will I need to bring with me?” In this solo mini-episode, Tiffany mentally travels back to Morocco to reflect on the complexity of taking care of her hair while abroad. While Tiffany was prepared with hair-care products, she found herself unprepared for the change of environment. After a self-diagnosis of scalp psoriasis, she had no choice but to get a little creative in order to overcome her hair issues abroad.

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. 

So you’ve heard of soul mates, right? What about virtual soul mates? It wasn’t until the end of our conversation when Jasmine and I pieced together that we were Pisces sisters. The spiritual tune throughout this conversation was surreal. Jasmine, a San Diego native, has a plethora of international experiences inclusive of a medical mission to the Kingdom of Swaziland, studying dance in Brazil, and teaching in South Korea. Her international experiences have come full circle and she currently works in a study abroad center at a university in California. Listen to EDpat Jasmine as she (un)packs her journey in this episode.

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. 

In this mini-episode, Tiffany reflected on an experience that she described as being "Black and (a)broad" during her vacation to China. Excited about her visit to the Great Wall, she found herself under the demonizing gaze toward Black bodies in Beijing.

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. 
 
Want to continue this conversation with other EDpats? Search (A)Broad in Education on Facebook and join us in the EDpat Lounge.  

If one more person mentions Amanda Bates, I’m going to social media stalk her and reach out to her myself… which is exactly what I did for this episode! Amanda is an amazing and intelligent woman who identifies as a Third Culture Kid. Growing up in both Cameroon and the United States, she discovered many internal gems, which impacted her career. Her love for cross-cultural encounters inspired her strong interest to "blacken up" study abroad resources. Seeing that there were few to none, she developed The Black Expat- an online platform that centers conversations, resources, and real life experiences from Black Expats that engage globally. You do not want to miss this episode!

SHOW NOTES: The Black Expat: https://www.theblackexpat.com
The Black Expat Hub: https://www.theblackexpat.com/join-us/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theblackexpat/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/theblackexpat?lang=en

In this mini-episode, Tiffany reflects on an unfortunate topic that impacts students and teachers domestically and internationally: inappropriate student/teacher relationships. Inspired from a conversation with her younger niece, Tiffany traveled back to Morocco to reflect on an experience when she had to report an inappropriate incident concerning a colleague. She specifically focuses on space and how expectations that fit one space could be completely different for another.


(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. 
 
Want to continue this conversation with other EDpats? Search (A)Broad in Education on Facebook and join us in the EDpat Lounge.  

Open the dictionary and look for the word resilient. Next to it, you will find a photo of Brei. Brei and I met in Casablanca, Morocco around 2012. Her EDpat journey started in South Korea then paved to Morocco, then to back to the states, then to Saudi Arabia, and now back in the states. We were in Dallas, Texas during my 2018 birthday for this amazing conversation. You want to be part of this conversation as she (un)packs her international journey with us! 

In this solo mini episode, Tiffany travels back to Morocco to reflect on two experiences which she defines as “attempted muggery.” Describing Morocco as a “silent” country because she did not understand French or Arabic, she found herself policing her movement and paying close attention to how she navigated the space.

How do I describe Christina? Imagine a group of people sitting around a fire having a great conversation. Christina is talking… everyone is quiet… glued into every word that comes from her mouth. Poised and articulate with a hint of genuine authenticity- that’s Christina! I met Christina her when I visited a friend in Kuwait City, Kuwait. She worked in Kuwait as a counselor before moving to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In this episode, she checks in from the Netherlands while she was on a seven-day tour of universities in Holland. Listen to her amazing story about her EDpat journey.  

In this solo episode, Tiffany speaks about study abroad and how it impacted the trajectory of her international career as a teacher. She shares several resources to encourage study abroad, specifically for those who may need a little nudge to get out there and explore the world.