'We love her with all we have': Parlier Unified teacher diagnosed with cancer

PARLIER, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Teresa Peña has been teaching and inspiring students astatine Brletic Elementary successful Parlier for much than 30 years. Recently, the first-grade teacher was diagnosed with cancer. 

Fabiola Rodriguez says Peña oregon Mrs. Peña, arsenic she is known, is simply a existent inspiration wrong the district. 

"So she has been 1 of the teachers that everybody looks up to," said Rodriguez. "She is the teacher that volition springiness her one. Like I could archer you, she volition springiness thing disconnected her backmost to marque definite that her students person what they need."

Teresa's son, Jose Peña, is besides a teacher astatine Brletic Elementary.

"I wouldn't person been capable to past truthful to accidental arsenic a teacher conscionable due to the fact that it's a batch much rigorous than radical ideate it to be," helium said. "She was conscionable truthful adjuvant successful each facet of the occupation and it's conscionable fantastic being capable to devour luncheon with my ma each day." 

He says his mom's crab diagnosis is recent. 

"Over the summertime they recovered a wide went and did a biopsy and came backmost with cancer," helium said. 

Parlier Unified School District besides released a connection penning successful part:

Mrs. Peña, you person the strength, support, and emotion of each of america to decision this challenge. We judge successful your resilience and are with you each measurement of the way. We are successful this together!

Teresa's friends, household and particularly her lad Jose privation her to cognize however overmuch she has inspired them. 

"Thank you for teaching america however to emotion and present we emotion her with each that we have," helium said. 

Jose says his ma volition proceed to enactment arsenic agelong arsenic she feels good capable to bash so.