Youth and Early Career
Perez was born in Corozal, Puerto Rico to a Puerto Rican family who would later move to the United States. Perez grew up in the North End of Hartford and was associated with the Ghetto Brothers, an organized crime syndicate.
In 1989, Trinity College appointed Perez as Director of Community Relations. In 1999, Perez became the President of the Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, an organization sponsored by Trinity College and Hartford Hospital.
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