Sacrificing for Peace doesn’t make you a Hero.
XiRen Wang is a Third Culture Kid and cultural barriers expert. She has crossed the East-West cultural divide 4 times, and is on her 5th Trans-Atlantic stint, learning her 6th language. Prior to a full-time life in the arts, she was pursuing a diplomatic career, until life in New York changed it all. Her columns are essentially field-notes and life lessons she’s missed from all the years of elite education she’s privileged to have received. She is especially intrigued by cultural barriers that trip up our everyday lives, which her years spent working in a newsroom conditioned her to see. Musically, she is a Juilliard trained pianist, composer, and Scratch academy DJ.
More about her music at her website, and more about her acting here. Follow her Instagram.
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