Oak VanSlyke

Oak by the numbers: 21: Successful escapes in Hades the Video Game 72: Years my family has gone camping on the same site on Mt Hood 34: Inches of Hair (and still growing!) Oak received their B.A. in Political Science from

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Marielle Norris

Marielle by the numbers: 1.5 age at time of adoption 7 foreign languages studied 5 highest grade of indoor boulders climbed so far 8 years vegetarian Marielle was adopted from China and grew up in Tacoma, Atlanta, D.C., Portland, and

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Tricia Satre

Tricia joins Portland DBT Institute (PDBTI) as Client Support Partner and Project Manager, after serving for over two decades as Senior Client Partner at Behavioral Tech, LLC (BTECH), the original DBT training organization founded by DBT treatment developer, Marsha M.

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Sarah Cuevas

Sarah by the numbers: 1 year old cat named Tulip who gives exceptional headbutts 2 guitars: a 000-15M Martin & her dad’s ladder braced Kay 5 years working in the art department at her alma mater Has consumed 15,837 cups

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Katy Sanchez

Katy by the numbers: 6 currently owned skulls of animals 12 pairs of trousers in my closet 147 packets of seeds in my propagation collection Katy Sanchez received a Bachelor’s of Science in Anthropology with an emphasis in Forensics, a

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Stacey Foose

Stacey by the numbers: 1 sweet husband, & 6 Fluffy bunny fur-kids that have the largest bedroom 2,963 old radio shows / tv shows from the 1930’s to the 1970’s At least 10 tie-dyed items in her closet 119 Boise

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April Davis

April by the numbers: 0 number of local Tom Petty Shows missed since 1978 2 number of rescued Mini Donkeys in my yard 24 number of Jodi Picoult novels read Professionally, April has been a healthcare Customer Service advocate for

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Jami Welsh

Jami by the numbers: 2 beautiful children that call me mommy 26 – the number of times she has watched the original top gun 3 – the number of raccoons she has bottle fed and raised, and then released back

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Shawna Naethe

Shawna by the numbers: 5 amazing humans that call me Mom 3 pets – Winston the Pomchi, Archer the Tuxedo Cat and Norman the Baby Ginger Kitty 4 times (or more) of watching every season of Portlandia Shawna is a

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Tanner Snell

Tanner by the numbers: 3 months too little spent living in Costa Rica 4 summers working at a youth summer camp 2 skydiving trips 9 years of piano lessons Tanner grew up in Grand Rapids, MN and recently graduated with

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