Michelle Perez was born and raised in the Midwest, spending most of her time in suburban Detroit, Michigan. For
undergraduate school, she didn’t stray too far from home and attended Northwestern University located just
outside of Chicago, Illinois. Go CATS! She received her undergraduate degree in Environmental Engineering and
was commissioned in the US Navy upon graduation, which brought her out to San Diego seven years ago. After
leaving the Navy, in 2003, she was part of Literacy AmeriCorps in San Diego and worked mostly at Juvenile Hall.
Michelle loves the outdoors, and was fortunate enough to spend time teaching English in the hills of Nepal in 2005.
Most recently, she spent her summer hiking the Andes in Peru, visiting ancient Incan ruins such as Machu Piccu and
Choquequirau. Michelle is really excited to teach engineering with an awesome bunch of freshmen at the new High
High Tech High Chula Vista.