"I always tell people that Portland saved my life, you know?" Contreras says. "You can do things here without feeling like people are judging you. Early on in my transition, I was burnt out. I didn't know how to work with people, I was in a suffocating space. But collaborative work saved me. It's good to have a community."
"Portland is an interesting place. For many, it's out of the way, a place to disappear and reappear as one chooses. But it's also so tight-knit that if you want to do something important, if you want to make a change, you can. As a trans chef, you're a bit 'on stage' at the moment - does it sometimes feel like a lot, to have people looking at you and to you?"
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