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<\/a>While mourning the loss of the tree\u2026 and placenta\u2026 Cameron doesn\u2019t hesitate to explain what she loves most about her hometown.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy favorite thing about Portland is brunch at my house with my homies on a Spring day that is rainy and sunny at once,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n
She goes on to describe the \u201cmagical Portland light of green and gold and flowers against a steel grey sky.\u201d<\/p>\n
With such expansive prose, one can only wonder if Cameron is a writer.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am in customer service for Equal Exchange,\u201d she replies.<\/p>\n
Although she may not be in the most creative of jobs, she definitely enjoys working for a company striving to make a difference in the community.<\/p>\n
Equal Exchange is a worker-owned cooperative that sources, produces and sells fairly-traded products, from chocolate to coffee, tea, nuts, fruits and olive oil.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy job fits into my passion for just and liberation,\u201d she explains. \u201cSpecifically, Equal Exchange is, and has been, engaged in economic democracy for thirty years and I am truly excited and passionate about that.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Cameron expresses true depth in her answers, she also comes off as quite blunt, which is very refreshing. When asked what makes her tick, she doesn\u2019t hesitate.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen people ask you a question, but interrupt you before you can give them an answer,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
Quite possibly, she interpreted that question as what makes her ticked<\/em>, but hey, we\u2019ll give her a pass.<\/p>\n When describing what she does in her spare time, Cameron matches all the Portland resident requirements.<\/p>\n \u201cI like to cook, read, nap, drink whiskey, go to the beach or woods, daydream, go camping and live a life of leisure,\u201d she replies.<\/p>\n Although she decries the \u201ccontinued racism\u201d that plagues Portland and Oregon as a whole, Cameron admits that she has no desire to leave the city of her birth, despite the fact that her placenta tree has been unceremoniously removed from the front yard of the home of her birth.<\/p>\n Fitting in as a PDX Person doing what most PDX people<\/a> love, Cameron shines as a valuable member of the community, contributing in the way she can and working for a good cause. For that, we salute her!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n William Bessette<\/strong> \u2013 PDX People Contributor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Follow William on: <\/strong> Facebook<\/u><\/span><\/a>\u00a0, Twitter<\/span><\/u><\/a>\u00a0 Connect with William on:<\/strong> LinkedIn<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>William Bessette is a journalist and freelance writer who has been covering politics, entertainment, culture and travel for over thirteen years. When he\u2019s not profiling Portland-area restaurants and residents, you can find him reporting on national and international travel and eco-tourism through his travel brand, <\/em><\/strong>Floppy Hat Adventures<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
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