Hi there, I'm Lale Arakoglu, and this is Women Who Travel.

I'm Laleigh Arakoglu, and this is Women Who Travel.

I'm an independent artist and I take a lot of pride in what I've been able to build and accomplish on my own thus far.

It's been a hell of a journey, but I'm very, yeah, I'm proud and grateful.

My guest is Nica, a French Haitian singer-songwriter who has a debut album out this year.

Her influences are global.

She sings about the many layers of her cultural identity,

and she spent her childhood living all over the world.

You're in Paris right now, right?

Yes.

What are you doing in Paris?

I've been doing quite a bit of shows around Europe, and it's also become kind of a base for me here.

Oh, nice.

Yeah.

From what I understand, you've hopped from place to place, really, ever since you're a kid,

and you've referred to yourself as a third culture kid before.

What does it mean to be a third culture kid?

How do you define it?

So it's actually a term that I found a couple of years ago that felt soothing and comforting to

find. It basically just means somebody who grew up in cultures outside of their parents' culture

and of their passport countries. So tell me a bit about that.

Where were you being raised and moving around from as a kid? And why? Yeah, so my dad's job

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