Suwade Pe Than is a 4th-year interior design student at the Savannah College of Art and Design. She is indeed, at the tail end of GenZ, Mike's favorite generation (5:18). He can't stop talking about them, in fact (11:15). Finally, he gets around to asking the Ridiculous Question (13:30). Su talks about her experience of local schools in Brunei and the huge transition to international school, the New York of Cultures (16:30) and how it prepared her for the college in the United States. We get into some of the challenges with living in the US (20:00), and broach one of Mike's favorite topics .. bathroom cultures and the arrogant assumption from some regarding this (17:30). We get into Su's preference with the name 'Burma' over Myanmar (22:00), and the implications it has for TCK's from there and the double identity issues they often have to deal with (25:00). Stay tuned for the BONUS episode (34) where Su will talk about her capstone project helping TCK's find belonging. You can get in touch with Mike Sullivan, the host of the podcast, and find out more about the book is publishing this year. https://sullyworks.com/

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