[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 30, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E723]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CELEBRATING DR. MONTE E. PEREZ ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM LOS ANGELES 
                            MISSION COLLEGE

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                           HON. TONY CARDENAS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 30, 2021

  Mr. CARDENAS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize and celebrate 
the retirement of Dr. Monte E. Perez as President from Los Angeles 
Mission College, located in Sylmar, California.
  Dr. Perez graduated from James A. Garfield High School in East Los 
Angeles, obtained his bachelor's degree in Social Science Government at 
California State University, Los Angeles, and his master's and PhD in 
Public Policy and Administration from the University of Southern 
California.
  His career in higher education began as the assistant director of 
Admissions at Stanford University. Subsequently, he served as the 
director of the Educational Opportunity Program and Student Support 
Services at California State University, Los Angeles while also 
teaching Political Science and Chicano Studies. He implemented numerous 
outreach and retention programs at Stanford and California State 
University, Los Angeles.
  Selected as a policy fellow for the U.S. Department of Education, he 
became the Secretary's senior policy analyst with expertise in 
financial aid, career education, TRIO, and youth employment.
  Upon returning to California, he was appointed to be the Director of 
Community and Organizational Relations for the Educational Testing 
Service's Western Regional Office and later promoted to Regional Office 
Director.
  In 1997, Dr. Perez joined the National Hispanic University (NHU) in 
San Jose, California as the director of Institutional Research and was 
promoted to provost and vice president of Academic Affairs. He 
engineered the successful WASC accreditation for NHU as the first 
Latino non-profit independent senior college on the West Coast. In 
2004, Dr. Perez was selected as the vice president of Student Services 
at Golden West Community College in Huntington Beach, California where 
he was a senior administrator engaged in construction, enrollment 
management, accreditation, and fiscal management.
  On July 1, 2008, Dr. Perez became the President of the Moreno Valley 
Campus which prepares students for vocational careers in various 
sectors.
  In May of 2011, Dr. Perez assumed the presidency of Los Angeles 
Mission College (LAMC), which serves the San Fernando Valley and is one 
of the nine colleges of the Los Angeles Community College District. 
LAMC provides accessible, affordable, high-quality learning 
opportunities that result in a high transfer rate to four-year 
universities and colleges.
  Dr. Perez has contributed to numerous academic presentations 
including his papers on the integration of academic affairs and student 
services at Oxford University, revising the California Master Plan in 
Higher Education at the University of Vienna, and Exemplary Enrollment 
and Retention Strategies in Community Colleges at the Education Testing 
Service's National Community College symposium.
  Dr. Perez also serves as the President of the national Board of 
Governors for the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities 
representing 550 two-year and four-year colleges. In 2017, he was 
appointed as a Trustee to the Los Angeles County Board of Education by 
Supervisor Sheila Kuehl of the 3rd District.
  I applaud the record of unparalleled accomplishments in the field of 
education and decades of community service and leadership.

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