Hi, I’m Megan.

I was born and raised in Wyoming. I’m a senior at Michigan State. And to celebrate my 22nd year of life, I am embarking on a yearlong project—an experiment if you will—in caffeine and conversation. It’s a fairly basic concept:

Drink 52 cups of coffee over the next year.

But not just any cup of coffee (you knew there had to be a catch), another person has to be present, and it can’t be someone that I typically would have coffee with.

So in simpler terms: each week for a year, I’m having coffee with someone I don’t know and writing about what I learn along the way. That could mean anyone from a complete stranger plucked off the street to a connection I’ve been meaning to get to know better.

I’ll find some people through Twitter or LinkedIn, most through suggestions from friends, and hopefully a few will be the result of people reaching out to me.

I am a believer in the adage that where you are in five years depends on the books you read and the people you meet. Plus, I like drinking coffee and making friends more than doing stats homework…

Oh, and just so you know—if you send me an email [megan.gebhart(at)gmail(dot)com], I’ll send you one back.