Name: Molly Harkness.

Town or township of residence: Cedar.

Resident of county since: "Since I was born."

MOLLY HARKNESS of Cedar is a
native of Leelanau County and a
student at Northern Michigan
University.

Age and birthplace location: She is 19 and was born in 1989 in Traverse City.

Occupation: Barista at Leelanau Roasting Co.

Marital status: Single.

You live in Leelanau County because: "I was born here and can’t really find any place like it."

Last good movie you saw: Kung Fu Panda. Actor Jack Black plays the voice of Po, a lazy Panda who struggles to learn Kung Fu in time to defeat the enemy.

Last good book you read: Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger. A book about teenager Holden Caulfield’s coming to terms with life and growing up.

If you could trade places with one person for a day, who would that be: “I want to be the person who teaches people how to sky dive. I don’t know who that is, or how to sky dive, but that would be sweet.”

Things important to you that you have accomplished so far: Graduating from high school and doing well during her first year at Northern Michigan University.

What you hope to be doing in 10 years: “Traveling, being graduated from school. I plan on doing two years in the Peace Corps after graduating.”

Things you lose sleep over: “The state of our country and paying for school.”

If you could change one thing in Leelanau County, it would be: “Public transportation. We need reliable buses.”

Favorite dessert: German chocolate cake.

Are you a coffee drinker: “Yes, lots of coffee. With cream and sugar.”

Favorite place in Leelanau County: “Can I have two? The top of Pyramid Point and North Bar beach.”

If you have more time, you would: “I have plenty of time. I would spend more time outside hiking and all that jazz.”

The words that best describe you are: “Easygoing and gregarious.”