Come on in and get to know me a little better. Hi, my name is Cryssie.B and I'm a travel addict. I hope you at least smirked at that, or I'm failing at this already. But more about me, I'm an Oakland, (The Town) CA native, and also lived in Los Angeles for 2 years while completing my bachelor's degree in business. I'm the middle child of 10 sibling combined, and was the oldest girl in my household. I have 6 brothers and 3 sisters in total, so basically, "all my life I had to fight."

 I've always been an active and adventurous person, participating in multiple school activities ranging  from basketball, swimming, dance, cheer-leading and student body president. You would think that would've led to a more exciting life outside, but my mother was strict and afraid of every method of travel that wasn't cars. Her fears caused restrictions for me, so I didn't begin exploring until I was 22. 

I was the ambitious girl who worked from yhe age of 13 in summer jobs, and continued that throughout high school. I didn't go to college immediately after school because honestly, I was just tired and wanted to do my own thing. I was working 2 jobs directly after high school, until I was in a serious car accident and had to go on disability for awhile. That's when I had an epiphany and decided to do all the things I had been putting on hold. I moved out from home into my own apartment and enrolled in college. I was living independently, but I still wouldn't take my first flight until 2 years later. It was for my 22nd birthday and I decided that this west coast girl wanted to see the world, but the furthest I could go with no passport was New York, and that was my first stop! It was in early spring, and not that warm yet, but I still managed to have the best time. From there I definitely caught the travel bug and haven't looked backed. I've now traveled to 16 sates 17 counties and I feel like I'm only getting started. Well that's assuming there'll be travel life after Covid-19 situation.