Exploring the journey of pursuing ambitions while navigating cultural boundaries and the hope for what's yet to come.

What brings calm to our lives? What brings us comfort, especially when we are far from our roots? Saideh Jamshidi, one of our global female bloggers, talks to us about this. Jamal Rahman, a Bangladeshi Sufi Muslim minister in Seattle, suddenly decided to leave everything behind and just start doing what he loved most.

America vs Europe: Young Professionals Wonder Where to Live — here's another post from one of our global female bloggers, a look at the forces that drive us around the globe.

We are a magnet for art and for enjoying artists — this is the message that Valeria Fanelli, one of our global bloggers tells us. But what else about this city do visitors discover?

What do you do when you are caught between the places that identify you? Saideh Jamshidi, one of our global female bloggers, writes here about the trap this can become for immigrants.

A Uruguayan Writer's Long Journey. Neither the long distance between the U.S. and Uruguay, nor Chicago's cold winters scared Ruth Camargo against moving to the Windy city, enrolling in a Master's program in creative writing, and pursuing her dream to become a great fiction author.

Bringing a Piece of Italian Culture to Chicago. Moving from a little town in northern Italy to Chicago looked like an amazing, scary, and exciting experience to Barbara de Bernardi. She decided to move to the U.S. because she wanted to follow her fiancé and start building a new life together.