About me
Maria-Victoria Perez (she/her) has worked in higher education for over 16 years as an administrator in interpersonal violence, gender and race centers, disability centers, and care and support for students in crisis and navigating mental health. She is currently a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Iowa in Higher Education and Student Affairs. She researches how to change oppressive environments and structures, not how oppressed people can fit into problematic systems. Additionally, her research agenda seeks to unsettle the false and socially constructed division between mental health and disability to foster justice and inclusion for students.