After spending over 30 years in and out of prison, living a life surrounded by crime and drugs, Joseph Valadez now has a master’s degree in sociology from Cal State Long Beach.
From ages 11 up until he was 18, Valadez was arrested several times for fighting, being under the influence of drugs and alcohol and breaking curfew.
During his time in the Army, he was transferred to Germany, where he was using heroin and overdosed on a train in 1980. A friend saved his life and helped him come to. Some time later, that friend then gave Valdez methadone pills to help wean him off of the heroin and connected him to another friend to help him in his process of getting clean.He then came across the website for the Salvation Army of Anaheim, a faith-based rehabilitation center. On April 22, 2013, he showed up six days clean.
A few years later, he transferred to CSULB to earn his bachelor's degree in sociology, where he got straight A's, made the president's honors list and dean’s list and finished with a 3.6 GPA. Osuna recalls meeting Valadez in the hall while he was earning his bachelor's degree. Osuna told him about a class he was teaching, and Valadez enrolled.
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