At 108, Susan Young Browne still gets behind the wheel of her blue Subaru and drives herself where she needs to go.

Browne lives independently in her own house in Dover, Delaware, exercises every day, reads romance novels, and enjoys dancing and socializing. She has been driving for more than 80 years and recently renewed her driver’s license until 2033, when she would be 115.

“In order for me to go to the store, I have to drive,” Browne tells TODAY.com. “Anywhere I want to go, I have to drive. … I’m an experienced driver. I try to be very careful.”

Her son, Jim Young, calls her “amazing” and strong. Her daughter, Lynnette Young Overby, says she’s “quite something, and now she’s quite famous.”

Browne had a 108th birthday party earlier this year, with guests including the governor of Delaware. She was born on April 24, 1918, in Lincoln, Delaware, on a farm where she lived with her parents and nine siblings in a house without electricity or running water.

She attended a segregated elementary school and said she admired her teacher and wanted to become one herself.

“One of the most important things that I had in mind was to get an education and be a teacher,” she said in an interview about her life.

There were no free high schools for Black students in the area at the time, so her family paid to send her to Delaware State College High School, Overby says. Browne later graduated from Delaware State University in 1945 with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. She is DSU’s oldest living alumna.

Browne worked as a teacher for 30 years, starting in a one-room schoolhouse. She also helped her first husband run a bus business before retiring in 1977. She has lived in her house for more than 70 years.

“I don’t know why I’m living so long. I’m just trying to take care of myself,” Browne says.

She says exercise is a big part of that. Every morning, she gets on the floor for a 10-minute stretching, strengthening and balancing routine.

“Then I get up and stand against the wall and exercise my legs. I make sure my legs are exercised,” she says.

“She does things I can’t do,” her son says.

“I can move better than he,” Browne adds.

She walks without a cane or walker and also does chair dancing at the Modern Maturity Center in Dover, where she drives herself three days a week.

Browne says she likes chicken and fruit. She eats an apple most days, enjoys peaches and blueberries, and usually starts the morning with a cup of black coffee, a frozen waffle and cranberry juice, according to her daughter.

She avoids fried foods. “Of course, I like them, but I know I shouldn’t eat them, so therefore I don’t eat them,” she says.

She also does not drink alcohol and skips sugar. “I like sweets, but I just probably avoid them for my health,” she says.

One exception is her 7UP cake, which she likes to make for family gatherings. At 108, Browne takes one medication, a pill to control her blood pressure, Overby says. One of Browne’s sisters lived to 103.

Browne was married twice and says she did not want to remarry after her second husband died.

“That’s right. I am not taking care of another man,” she says. “I decided when I was left alone that I didn’t need anybody to take care of me, I take care of myself. So, in order to live a healthy life, you have to make up your own mind.”

Overby says her mother wants to stay self-reliant. “She very, very much wants to maintain her independence as long as she can,” she says.

Browne also keeps busy. She reads, including romance novels, and enjoys puzzles and word games, her son says. Her daughter says she goes to church, socializes at the Modern Maturity Center and meets with members of her sorority. She is a life member of the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa Alpha Pi Chapter.

“She’s very organized,” her son says. “She always makes sure that wherever she goes, she has a little calendar.”

Browne also traveled widely. She visited Alaska and Hawaii after both became U.S. states, and went to Alaska twice. She has also traveled to Spain, Portugal, Brazil and other countries.

“I enjoyed my trips,” she says.

Asked for her favorite place, Browne had a quick answer: “Hawaii. It’s beautiful there,” she notes.

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