Monica Perez

Chair

Councilwoman Monica Perez was born and raised in our City of Hialeah with her parents and younger brother. Her parents exiled from Cuba to this country when they were children. Now Councilwoman Perez is married raising her own family in our city. She went to Catholic school since her elementary years and later graduated from Monsignor Edward Pace High School.

She earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Education with a minor in Marketing at Florida International University. During her college years, she began branching into different work experiences starting with an F.I.U. program that implemented a teaching magnet with Miami-Dade County Public Schools. This program was lead in the university and allowed the students of Norland Senior High School and Miami Senior High School to be enriched in classroom instruction, hands-on projects and field trips while preparing future leadership qualities. She was very proud to have lead in the success of this program. In her early college years, her love for being around children in our community was very evident; she enjoyed working within the Greater Hialeah Y.M.C.A. organization as a cheerleading coach and an after school coordinator.