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Jessica Perez

Director
LaGuardia Community College
Long Island City, New York, United States

Dr. Jessica Perez is the Director of the Center for Career & Professional Development at LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York and she is a certified Myers Briggs Type Indicator practitioner with 20+ years of experience in career and professional development and employer partnership building. She oversees the SOAR Experiential Learning Program, Elmezzi Foundation Career Fellows Program, CUNY Career Launch, Spring Forward, and several other internship programs at the college.

She previously served as the Co-President of the Career Services Association of CUNY for four years, co-chair of the NACE Career Readiness Task Force from 2022-2023 and Co-Lead for the National Association of Colleges and Employers, Two Year and Community College Affinity Group from 2019-2021. Dr. Perez’s diverse expertise is instrumental in helping her to guide and empower students to flourish in their chosen careers.

She earned a Doctorate in Education (EdD) from the University of Southern Mississippi’s Higher Education Administration program, and her research is focused on first-generation students and how career services impact retention and graduation rates; she earned her master’s in public administration from Metropolitan College of New York and her bachelor’s degree in English and Sociology from Binghamton University. In June 2013, she completed the New York City Management Academy, a selective leadership training program for City of New York managers and executives.

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