LEAH NASH PHOTOGRAPHY

STORIES | ESSAYS: Rural Poverty in Oregon

At the Emerald Valley Mobile Home and RV Park in Cottage Grove, OR Nika hula-hoops, while her mother Lisa and neighbors, Kelli and Derrick, watch. The family has lived in the park since December when Lisa bought the trailer for $300. Lisa is not working but is applying for a job doing janitorial work at a pizza place. Currently she receives $399 in food stamps and with help from her mother and the church, she gets by. In 2004 she and her family lived in her station wagon for a few months.
At the Emerald Valley Mobile Home and RV Park in Cottage Grove, OR Nika hula-hoops, while her mother Lisa and neighbors, Kelli and Derrick, watch. The family has lived in the park since December when Lisa bought the trailer for $300. Lisa is not working but is applying for a job doing janitorial work at a pizza place. Currently she receives $399 in food stamps and with help from her mother and the church, she gets by. In 2004 she and her family lived in her station wagon for a few months.