Deborah Brown:  

After graduation, my family moved to San Diego, where I soon obtained my beautician's license, but after working in salons for 7 years, my skin on my hands & arms became so allergic to all of the chemicals, that I had to find other work. So, I got a job with a building materials supplier, then a lumber yard, & finally a window manufacturer. I worked in estimating, contractor sales, & accounting. The building slump in 1990 forced the window co. to close their office in San Diego, so I was laid-off. I then decided that I needed to move elsewhere in order to pursue the "American Dream" of home-ownership. I moved to Oregon, where I still live on my 2+ acres, with my Great Danes & my "significant other", Jack. I started doing caregiving for the disabled & seniors, & I got my Oregon beautician's license, & I also offer "Mobile" hair & nail care to the same people I work for, as well as those in care homes. I am also a "Mobile" Notary Public. I was an active member & elected leader of the public employees' union for 10 years, since some of my clients were under the Medicaid program, meaning the State paid me to care for them. I was elected to represent my County on the state-wide Board of Directors for the Homecare workers. In 2010, the local State office decided to terminate me (I believe it was because of my union activism), so now I only work for ...Expand for more