# @theoregonian on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DLvw0oKBuZe
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32157762-theoregonian-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-06T01:00:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Oregonian (@theoregonian) — https://gondola.cc/theoregonian

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Wednesday was Mallory Harper’s first day at her new job as an intern at New Avenues INK, a print-making shop in Southeast Portland, a few blocks from the Hawthorne Bridge.

Asked why she took the job, Harper, 20, laughed a bit.

“Not being homeless,” she said. “That’s what brought me here.”

It’s not hyperbole. Until a few months ago, Harper was living in a tent struggling to get and stay sober after two years of things in her life going from bad – no one left willing to let her crash on their couch – to worse – spending all day figuring out where to shower and what to eat.

“I’m now living inside and I feel like I should have a real adult job and do real adult things,” Harper said. “I have bills to pay.”

Read more at the link in our bio.

📸: alliisonder

#theoregonian #oregon #portland #summerjobs #homelessness #houselessness

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