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‘At Work With’: How an Oregon family became masters of Mexican cheese
For OPB’s “At Work With” series, which asks Pacific Northwesterners from different professions what it’s like to do what they do, we go inside Don Froylan Creamery.

Housing
‘At Work With’: Helping Portland-area families experiencing homelessness get into housing
It's Yovana Benancio's job to to connect with families and help them access the resources they need to get into stable housing.

Culture
At Work With: You’re skating on thick ice with this Portland Zamboni driver
Tanya March is an expert at creating great ice for skating. And yes, she's met Tonya Harding.

Culture
At Work With: Building a ‘haunt family’ and expelling energy with a haunted house actor
For this month’s installment of the “At Work With” series, we shadow an actor to see what it’s like to work in a haunted house.

‘The Evergreen’: At Work With a burlesque performer, private investigator and court-appointed special advocate
For our "At Work With" series, we talk to Pacific Northwesterners from different professions and ask them your questions about what it’s like to do what they do.

Culture
At Work With: Finding confidence and self-love with a Portland burlesque performer and dance teacher
For nearly a century, some Oregon audiences have enjoyed the spectacle of a burlesque show. The risqué art form has a long history, and burlesque performers in the Northwest keep the tradition alive today. For our latest “At Work With” story, we met a longtime performer who also teaches burlesque dance to others.

Advocacy and empathy: What it’s like to volunteer in foster care court
When kids are taken from their parents by the state, they enter the complicated labyrinth of the family court system. Suddenly, a lot of adults are part of their lives, including social workers, lawyers and judges. For the latest episode of “At Work With,” we learn what it’s like to be a Court Appointed Special Advocate supporting a child in their case.

Culture
Curiosity and tenacity: ‘At Work With’ a private investigator in Milwaukie
Private investigator Tea Godfrey says you need curiousity and tenacity to do her job. For the latest installment of At Work With, she lets OPB follow *her* around.

‘The Evergreen’: At Work With a taffy maker, a rural mail carrier and a poet
For our latest “At Work With” episode, where we talk to a Pacific Northwesterners with cool jobs and ask them your questions about what it’s like to do what they do, we bring you along as we go to work with a poet, a rural mail carrier and a family of taffy makers.
Superabundant
Behind Oregon coast saltwater taffy are sweet memories and a salty myth
When it comes to a treat at the beach, including in Oregon, no other candy makes so many feel nostalgia like saltwater taffy.