Local graduating senior saved mothers life, took care of siblings and started a business [Video]

SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio-area graduating senior saved his mother’s life, took care of his siblings and started a business all during his last year.

“I knew, like, whatever had to be done had to be done, and I was going to save my mom,” Central Catholic High School senior David Perez said.

For Perez it was a no brainer, giving the much needed stem cell transplant for his mother who was battling a rare bone marrow cancer that effected her spleen.

He was the only one of his family members that matched and it’s how he started his senior year.

He also had to help take care of his younger siblings while his parents were gone for five months at MD Anderson.

“I definitely had to step in and step it up with, like, as far as helping my my brother and sister,” Perez said.

His teacher Dorothy Hanson said …