“Kind of both work and a hobby, but I really love traveling and staying in hostels and other peoples’ homes. When I’m here in Houston, I kind of play the role of host, and I rent an AirBnB, but I also do disaster response: I hosted families during Hurricane Harvey, I hosted some evacuated Peace Corps volunteers recently who had to quarantine before going back to their families, and so I like home-sharing. It’s a great way for me to meet people from around the world, and also to introduce them to Houston and 3rd Ward, and it helps to benefit the local small business in 3rd Ward that normally get as many tours from visitors . . . I’m very intentional about taking my visitors to patronize local small businesses like Crumbville and Doshi House and Soul Food Vegan and local food trucks.”
