Perez received his BFA in Film Studies from CUNY Hunter College in New York and his MFA in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco. He has been a Guest Lecturer and Visiting Faculty member at San Francisco Art Institute since 2013. His work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in venues throughout the United States including: Paul Stack Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY; Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA and Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR. [1] Nando Alvarez-Perez, email message to author, March 18, 2015.