A Long Beach man who spent more than three decades in prison recently graduated from Cal State Long Beach this month, with honors. He is now awaiting acceptance into a master’s program in social work at the same university. Joseph Valadez spent half his adult life in prison, but he’s not letting that stop him from improving his future prospects. “There’s a misconception about guys like me that I want to break,” he shared on social media. “If I can do it, anyone can.” Joseph, 62, graduated on the dean’s list with a GPA of 3.67 and also made the president’s honor list for earning straight As. “Not bad for someone who spent half his adult life in prison,” he said in his social media post. He told ABC that only one thing could’ve made his graduation even sweeter: if his mother, Anita Valadez, had been alive to share the …