Her work has most recently been exhibited at such galleries as Conner Contemporary Art (DC), Spattered Columns (NYC), and the University of Nebraska. In 2011, Perez was awarded the Jane Meyer Traveling Fellowship to produce a new body of work titled The Outliers: Regarding the Space(s) Between Genders. Perez has previously taught photography at the Educational Alliance Art School, a non-profit program with a focus on accessible art education for youth. In 2011, she received a B.F.A. in Photography at the Maryland Institute College of Art.