Pendleton High School grad plots path to success
âHeâs going to make it,â music teacher Andy Cary said. Science teacher Jess Cooper, who had Valera-Vega in one of his physics classes, was similarly effusive. âHeâs going to have success wherever he ends up,â he said. The Pendleton High School senior now is planning a move to Arizona to pursue a career in neuroscience, but the public education system didnât always have the same faith in his ability as it does today. Born and raised in Pendleton, Valera-Vega attends church at Iglesia Adventista del Séptimo DÃa Hispana de Pendleton, a Spanish-language Se...
Source: eastoregonian.com