FINDING HOME | His journey took him from the countryside of El Salvador to a new and challenging world in Portland Waiting at an outdoor table in front of the small coffee house where Samuel Henriquez had agreed to meet me, I looked up to see a short, sto ...
5 Jun 2017 - Robin Schauffler
FINDING HOME | She spent years managing the logistics of homelessness. Today, she has an apartment in Portland and a job as a pharmacy tech. Carolyn Will is wearing navy slacks and a blouse, office attire, on her day off. Her long brown hair is streaked ...
20 Apr 2017 - Rebecca Koffman
FINDING HOME | From salesman of the year to a struggle with addiction, Joseph found the support he needed Joseph Park, a slender man with a gray brush cut and an expressive face, talks with his hands and leans forward to make sure his listener is engaged. ...
15 Apr 2017 - Jane Salisbury
FINDING HOME | He lived most of his life outdoors, but an addiction treatment program gave him a fresh perspective that led him to his new apartment Randall McKee and I met to talk about the vicissitudes of homelessness and his new life after having been ...
1 Apr 2017 - Jane Salisbury
FINDING HOME | She knows life’s highs and lows, and what it means to have a place to come home to at the end of the day “I always have a hustle,” Chrysanne O’Dell tells me. We are in a Starbucks, talking about her journey out of homelessness, and she is f ...
9 Mar 2017 - Rebecca Koffman
FINDING HOME | He lived in his car for almost a year, but thanks to an invaluable support system, he now has an apartment in Portland Just six years ago, James Srp was in his early 60s, relatively healthy, employed, and renting a house in Beaverton, where ...
16 Feb 2017 - Robin Schauffler