She also represents individuals living with HIV and AIDS through the AIDS Legal Referral Panel and serves on the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Advisory Committee, which provides advice and assistance to the San Francisco Human Rights Commission regarding issues in the LGBT community and for persons with HIV/AIDS. Perone graduated summa cum laude as a James Scholar from the University of Illinois and as a Public Interest Fellow and Moscone Scholar from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.