Expat Mom Maria Tumolo On Raising A Multicultural Family In EnglandPosted in Articles, Caribbean/Latin America, Family/Parenting, Interviews, Media Archive, United Kingdom on 2016-07-11 13:56Z by Steven |
Expat Mom Maria Tumolo On Raising A Multicultural Family In England
The Voix: Diverse Narratives. Native Insights
2016-07-07
Although she was happy and content with her life as it were back in Trinidad, Maria Tumolo was at a crossroad regarding her professional and personal development. She had received a firm offer of admission from Edinburgh University with the intention of pursuing a masters degree in publishing, but she had never been away from home. At the age of 27, she finally made the decision to move to England.
“I came to England on a working holiday visa. On arrival I lived and worked in Cambridge for a few months,” Tumolo says. “I eventually moved to London because at the time, I was living with the family of an English work mate who I met in Trinidad. When she decided to move back to Cambridge, I moved to London so she could be with her family. It was also easier to travel around Europe from London.”
Today, Tumolo lives in Surrey, England with her husband and children – Angelo and Valentina who are five & three years old respectively – where she is a children’s book author and the founder of a Trini-British Parenting & Lifestyle Blog that explores parenting as an expat, family experiences as a mixed heritage family, fashion and food.
Tumolo shares her journey to England and tells us more about raising a multicultural family…
Read the entire interview here.