In the modern society where globalization forces have created heterogeneous communities, cultural competence is essential for the effective delivery of customized healthcare services to patients from diverse cultural backgrounds. Cultural competence allows healthcare personnel to understand, appreciate, and honor cultural similarities and variations within, between, and among individuals and communities. Josepha Campinha-Bacote realized the essence of cultural competence and developed a valid and reliable cultural competence model in 1999 (Cai, 2016). This model comprises of five facets, namely, desires, encounters, knowledge, skill assessment, and awareness. These facets comprehensively define the cultural competence of healthcare providers. The purpose of this reflection is to apply this model in undertaking a personal assessment of cultural competence and review my growth status in the cultural continuum. Cultural Desires Based on the assessment tool, I have a strong desire for cultural competence. Cultural desire is a major determinant of cultural competence because it motivates healthcare providers to seek knowledge, skills, encounters, and awareness of beliefs, values, norms, practices, and lifeways that patients espouse (Shen, 2015). The strong desire allows me to interact with patients from diverse cultural backgrounds and share their beliefs, norms, values, and practices that are critical for the effective delivery of services. Moreover, the intense desire suppresses my ethnocentrism, eliminates prejudice, overcomes the cultural shock, and excludes bias hindering me from interacting freely with clients from varied cultural backgrounds. Self-assessment shows that cultural desire is an inner drive that inspires me to provide customized healthcare services to racially, ethnically and culturally diverse clients. With the need to comprehend and appreciates how patients perceive diseases, treatment methods, and the healing process, cultural desire has expanded my worldview and promoted acculturation. Since I understand the role of cultural competence in the provision of quality care, I advocate for programs and procedures that consider the cultural and linguistic backgrounds of patients. Cultural Encounters The assessment tools depict that I have a moderate level of encounters in cultural competency. Cultural encounters assess the extent to which healthcare providers exploit opportunities for interacting with patients from different cultural upbringings (Shen, 2015). Sustained encounters trigger acculturation since it permits healthcare providers to interact with diverse patients, learn about their culture, and adopt some practices (Cai, 2016). Since culture constitutes shared beliefs, norms, values, and lifeways, constant social interaction promotes cultural competence. In the provision of healthcare services, I prefer interacting with clients from varied racial and ethnic groups, and I encourage my friends and colleagues to nurture cross-cultural relationships in healthcare settings. While attending seminars, conferences, and holiday celebrations, I make sure that I encounter and interact with individuals from diverse cultures. Experiences of