Valerie Perschka recently returned from serving as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
She served for 18 months in the Arizona Mesa Mission. Part of her service took place on a Native American reservation in the Mesa area.
Valerie is a 2006 graduate of Oconee County High School. She graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho in 2009.
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She is the daughter of Ann and Greg Perschka of Watkinsville.
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