Kelli Dillion is extremely passionate about architecture. She loves design, selecting materials and building things – essentially the entire manufacturing process, from start to finish. After graduating from the University of Kansas with a B.A. in Architecture, Kelli decided to…
Bill Thomason became a graphic designer partly because he loved working with his hands. But after 25 plus years in the industry, he wanted to do something different – that still allowed him the opportunity to create. While doing an…
Ismaila Are was an architect in his home country of Nigeria. He helped design schools, churches and residential buildings. But while he enjoyed what he did, and was great at what he did, he decided to leave it all behind.…
Kim Stewart moved to Portland from Boston about six months ago. To make some money, he began doing part-time landscaping jobs, but he needed something that offered more hours and more stability. His goal was to find a job that…
Michael Dancer was an experienced and committed warehouse and manufacturing professional who was looking for a better opportunity closer to home. His commute to work was two hours each way! Michael applied for a warehouse opening through TERRA’s NE Portland…
Dilkush Kendrix was born in Sri Lanka and raised in Europe. She worked for various foreign embassies overseas and even worked on a passenger ship in Greece. Maybe she was influenced by her travels, or maybe it is just her…
Tomiko and Tokika Williams are twins who decided they were going to look for their first jobs together. Some twins just see themselves as two people who happen to be born on the same day—but these two embraced “togetherness” when it came to their job search. They began applying to various openings and wanted to … Continue Reading
