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My name is Aleyna Gungor. I grew up in a small beach town on Long Island. I am a government and history double major. My mom is from Medellin, Colombia and my dad is from Izmir, Turkey. I can speak three languages fluently (English, Spanish, and Turkish) and I am learning Italian at Wesleyan.
As a first-generation U.S. citizen with Turkish and Colombian roots, the “Intercultural Praxis” approach resonates with me deeply because it captures the complex, lived experience of navigating multiple cultural frameworks. One aspect of more traditional intercultural models, such as Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, is the focus on classifying cultures along lines like individualism vs. collectivism and …
