CONGRATULATIONS TO PEDRO ANTONIO SALVADOR WHO HAS RECEIVED A $500.00 SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE ARMSTRONG SCHOLARSHIP FOR ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER PARISH TO ATTEND PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY. A MEMBER OF THE ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER YOUTH GROUP FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, PEDRO IS A GRADUATE OF ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL. IN HIS ESSAY, HE REFLECTED ON HIS EXPERIENCES WITH THE 2022 MISSION TRIP WHICH HE PARTICIPATED IN AS WELL AS IN YOUTH GROUP MEETINGS AND CONNECTING WITH OTHER YOUTH OF OUR PARISH. PEDRO SET HIS MIND TO OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES FACED BY MISSING SO MUCH SCHOOLING HIS SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR YEARS DUE TO THE DIFFICULTIES OF ONLINE LEARNING DURING THE PANDEMIC. HE WAS DETERMINED TO GRADUATE AND MOVE ON TO COLLEGE WHERE HE HOPES TO MAJOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE.
