UNCG OLSL defines Intercultural Knowledge as: "This competency refers to one 's ability(skills) to develop an understanding for and interact with a variety of diverse human systems; those systems developed by humans such as culture, gender, economic, race, religion, physical, diversity of thought and mental models, sexual orientation, generational."

I grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania surrounded by Amish farmlands. From elementary to high school, we did not have much diversity. Most of my class was white middle class Christians. It was not until I came to college in Greensboro that I experienced a diverse population. Starting college, I lacked in intercultural knowledge. Being in college has allowed for a slight growth in my intercultural