cultural contexts, we want to know and understand ourselves. The concept of cultural intelligence, as Jared E. Alcántara states in his book Crossover Preaching, lacks self-exploration: “In many ways, Earley, Ang, and Tan [the early architects of cultural intelligence] do not go far enough in their discussion of culturally strategic thinking. They leave out an all-important step: critical reflexive thinking about one’s own cultural framework. Being a student of other cultures is insufficient. One