Originally from Puerto Rico, Perez earned his Bachelor's degree in Environmental Design from the University of Puerto Rico and completed his M.Arch at Pratt Institute. His academic journey has led him to become an architectural educator with experience as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute and an Adjunct Faculty Visiting Professor at the NYIT School of Architecture.

Through his own personal practice Identidad Studio, he engages architecture and design that centers speculation, and questions the purpose of objects, material culture and the spaces we make around us. He employs alternative materials and fabrication methods to create designs that are environmentally responsive, culturally responsive and adaptable.