Dr. Paula is an educator, leader, speaker, writer, youth pastor, and pastor’s wife committed to teaching, equipping, and challenging people to live life triumphantly.

She earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership, Management, and Policy from Seton Hall University. Currently she is an adjunct lecturer for the State University of New York at New Paltz.

In December 2010, Dr. Paula married her husband, instantly becoming stepmother to three young adults. Since 2015, she has served alongside her husband, Pastor J. Perez, at Faith Temple, a church in upstate New York. Dr. Paula took early retirement from her principalship to enter full-time ministry in 2018.

Dr. Paula and her husband are certified Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts coaches. Together they provide training for singles, as well as relationship support and coaching to couples.