I live in Detroit (yes, that big scary city in the mitten) and I love it! Talking to people and making new friends is energizing to me. My first Uber ride I ever took I knew all about the driver by the time I got to work.

I love traveling and experiencing new, different places and cultures.

I have a Journalism degree and hope to spend my life telling stories and taking pictures, but until I can do that full time I work in digital marketing to pay the bills and fund my travel habit.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Travel is a very rewarding part of life. Everyone should do it and do it often. Unfortunately it can be a bit pricey.

So I'd love to help other have a place to stay, especially those want to come and learn about Detroit. It's a great city, but with all the negative press, it could be scary to visit without a local. I'd love to introduce others to my love of this city!

I'd also like to use it to see new places and meet new people.

Interests

Photography, Coffee, writing, GOOD FOOD! Conversation and just wandering, to name a few.

• writing
• photography
• beauty
• dining
• coffee
• traveling
• cycling
• journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

I like a little bit of everything when it comes to music. Give me some classic rock or anything from the 90s and I'm going to be having a good time. I enjoy music I can dance to as much as music I can paint to.

Movies, again, are pretty varied. the only thing I don't really like are horror movies. Gone in 60 Seconds, Wanted, Dead Poets Society, Second Hand Lions, Singing in the Rain, Pitch Perfect are some of my favs to name a few.

Fiction books, something with a great story line I can get lost and invested in. Also, anything by C.S. Lewis

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hmm what have I done that's amazing...

I did a 5 mile mountain bike tour through the Alaskan Rainforest. After about 2 1/2 miles or so we road into this open field and it was probably the most stunning scenery I have ever take in. It was the kind of beauty that stuns you to silence, it literally took my breath away.

What I Can Share with Hosts

That Detroit is an amazing city and it's not what people think it is.

As cheesy as it sounds, friendship. A close friend once told me that I collect people. It made no sense at the time (this was about 12 years ago), but she was completely right.

I have people that i've meet through jobs, school, church and other social situations that, even though it's been years, whenever I see them it's like no time has passed. People, for some reason or another, remember me and stay connected with me. I love having friends from all walks of my life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Germany, Haiti, Mexico, Peru