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Teresa Bergen

Teresa Bergen is a Portland, Oregon-based travel writer, who is often found swimming, running, kayaking, looking for something vegan to eat, petting a cat or poking around in an old cemetery. Her work has appeared in many print and online publications, including Hemispheres, the Health Journal, South China Morning Post, Saturday Evening Post and Whole Life Times Magazine. She is the author of Easy Portland Outdoors and co-author of Historic Cemeteries of Portland, Oregon. Teresa is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers and has a BA in journalism and an MFA in fiction writing.
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