Nathaniel Alexander Kameleokalani Douglass

Nathaniel Alexander Kameleokalani Douglass talks about moving to Eugene, Oregon to attend graduate school at the University of Oregon.

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Transcript

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 You're listening to StoryHelix: intertwining
 stories past, present, and not yet
 
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 imagined in Lane County, Oregon. What's
 up, earthlings? I'm Leah Velez, and I'll
 
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 be your host. The story
 we're about to hear was recorded at Oakshire
 
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 Brewing Company in the Whiteaker neighborhood of
 Eugene, Oregon in early 2022.
 
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  Let's open up our
 ear nuggets and give it a listen.
 
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 Hey, my name is Nathaniel
 Alexander Kameleokalani Douglass. I am going
 
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 by he/him pronouns and my family
 is both German and Pacific Islander, and
 
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 I came to Oregon a few years
 ago, in 2018.
 
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 I moved here with my partner and
 a friend of mine, and I was moving
 
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 here to apply for Grad School at
 the University of Oregon. I got into
 
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 the program the Geography Department at University of
 Oregon and I completed my master's degree, and
 
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 I was really hoping to start a
 new life, improve my career, and also
 
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 just search for something new. In that
 time I started my freelancing work, and I've
 
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 been able to experience a lot of
 great opportunities outdoors. Experiencing the natural splendor
 
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 of Oregon. It's been a really incredible
 experience here, and I think what made me
 
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 decide to make this my home, was
 the people in the community and just the
 
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 sense of freedom and balance in my
 life. I would say for the most
 
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 part, it feels like home. I
 think I moved here in a period of
 
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 my life where I'm ready for a transition
 or in the middle of transition. So
 
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 now I'm currently deciding if I'm going
 to set my roots in this town, in 
 
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 Eugene, or in Oregon in general.
 And there's a lot that my future can
 
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 hold. Thanks for listening. You
 can find us wherever you listen to your
 
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 podcasts. If you've got your own
 Lane County story to tell, we'd love
 
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 to hear it at StoryHelix.Wordcrafters.org.