Cameron Thomason was born in a hospital in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, on March 17, 2008. In the first two years of his life Cameron moved to Colorado where he found his great home at Gilpin County. After his parents decided on his school Cameron spent every part of his education there climbing from pre-K to high school, all in the same building, at Gilpin County Schools.

Cameron has been creative for as long as he can remember, learning his first instrument in 5th grade and now learning his third. He played the trumpet for a while as his first instrument but quickly learned he wanted a larger mouthpiece. After some experimenting Cameron picked up the baritone as his main instrument for three years. However, he decided to try an even bigger instrument, the tuba.

Cameron tried theater for years but found being on stage an experience he had a hard time enjoying. Before he decided theater was not in his interests Cameron was involved in a few plays such as Annie, and he had a lead role in Guys and Dolls.

More recently Cameron found his true passion, sports. He used to spend all day doing school or he would do nothing, but sports gave Cameron a dedication that he couldn’t get enough of. Even though he has only played basketball, and run track and field for one year, it’s all he can think about. They inspire him to work harder both in school and physically to keep up with the great athletes at Gilpin County School.

Cameron always loved to write but never knew how to be a creative writer, a problem that was fixed during the COVID lockdown where boredom got to Cameron and he began to write. He could not help but love fiction writing especially. Then he learned to write about what he saw always in a short story form. He has been looking for a use of the writing skills he wrote during the lockdown and is excited to now write for The Mountain-Ear.