Meet Carlos Pelley

Bio:
Being of Latino origin and growing up in the Central Washington community, he developed an interest in learning more about the history of this community.

Currently, he works as an archivist for the Yakima Valley Libraries, which has allowed him to delve into the unique experiences of the Latino Community of Central Washington.
During his time at CWU, he was involved in collecting oral histories of Latino families in Kittitas County.

He has also contributed to YVL blog posts and public presentations aimed at highlighting Latino historical contributions to Yakima Valley’s history. Carlos is proud and excited to share this unique history with the residents of the LIDERES program.

To this end, he has included materials that reflect unique and local history by Northwest authors to be shared in the program’s classes.”