Building our cultural home
“I didn’t know there was a word for people like me.”
“That’s the kind of community I needed when I was growing up.”
“I finally feel like I’ve found my people.”
These are a handful of statements we hear all the time from the people we’ve met along the way of building Interwoven.
They hit a nerve different than “thanks for hosting a fun dinner” or “that was a nice book club.” Statements like those shared above are profound reflections on identity, finding community with people who deeply relate to a hard-to-describe experience, and filling a fundamental human need to belong.
Interwoven community members - May 2026
Interwoven’s mission is to serve as a cultural home for people living across racial and cultural identities. Our people are the kind of people with complex answers to “where are you from?” That can include multiracial folks, third culture kids, children of immigrants, and anyone else with multiple identities that deeply inform their sense of self.
To rattle off some examples, we’re in community with humans who are:
Moroccan, American, Bermuda-born, and raised around the world with a diplomat parent
Ethnically Chinese, but raised in Venezuela
Japanese and white, raised between urban Japan and rural Northern California
French, Ivorian, and first-gen American immigrant
Asian American, born to immigrant parents living in a racially homogenous US city
Bay Area-raised Latina, navigating what it means to hold cultural identities without speaking Spanish
The nature of our community means that finding our people can feel a little bit like wayfinding in the dark: how do you concisely describe your identity in a way that captures all the nuance of mixed upbringings like this? It’s hard to do, but when we find each other, it feels like all the lights have turned on and you’ve somehow landed at your destination.
A common experience for racially and culturally mixed people (what we call, being interwoven) is the feeling of partial belonging to many cultures, but never fully fitting in anywhere. When you have to splice yourself, code switch, and constantly explain “what you are” everywhere you go.. it’s a challenge to know where to really call home.
So, what exactly is a cultural home? We think about it as:
A home base, a soft landing pad, a safe place where you can be your full self without hiding or toggling certain parts of your identity.
A space where memories are made, traditions are practiced, and new culture is generated together.
A community or shared identity with others where you relate to core experiences and ways of navigating the world, and feel a deep sense of belonging with your people
A place where you can be all the parts of who you are in the same breath, and know you’ll be embraced for it all
In the case of Interwoven, we serve as a cultural home for people with mixed identities from around the world, where they can be fully embraced for their whole selves. It’s a place where they can settle and and be in community with people who get it. Being “interwoven” is a word we can describe ourselves with that embodies our nuances, and helps us identify with others who share the interwoven identity too.
The interwoven experience is all about the dance of living in between multiple cultures. However, being interwoven is a distinct, emerging culture of its own. We’re here to uplift this, celebrate it, and bring people together around what it means to live life across racial and cultural identities.
If you’re looking for a place to call home for your mixedness, consider it found.
