I am from Flint, Michigan. Flint families, not just mine, are suffering from the water tragedy there because it affects their day-to-day lives.  The household that I grew up in and where my family still resides has been impacted by this water crisis. My mother has to boil water to […]

Many people come into situations not knowing what to expect.  For myself, I thought classes at the University of Detroit Mercy would be easy and the basketball plays would be easy to learn. I thought that since UDM is such a small school and a mid-major basketball program in comparison […]

People all across the country still shudder when they hear the word “Detroit,” and some still refer to the Motor City as a grimy, disgusting place. Those same people would not be surprised to hear about the break-in that occurred on Fairfield this past weekend. However, I strongly hope that […]

I recently attended my first press conference – a speech over luncheon at the convention of the Michigan Press Association in Grand Rapids. It was an interesting experience, especially because the event featured our governor, Rick Snyder. Snyder, as many know, has been under a lot of heat recently due […]

Valentine’s Day, what’s that? This weekend, millions of single people around the country will stay in and reap the precious joys of Valentine’s Day, myself included. We will watch romantic comedies on Netflix, eat an insane amount of Hershey kisses and sip frozen daiquiris because we’re single.  We don’t have […]