Name: Yahaira G. Perea
Program: Executive Services
Position: Media / Public Relations Specialist

First Job: Paid internship at KTLA (TV station in Los Angeles)

Birthplace: Los Angeles , CA

Years at FCEOC: 5 months … and counting

Best advice ever received: Treat others the way you would like to be treated.

Favorite advice I give: Live a good, moral life because what goes around, comes around.

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: El Pollo Loco and El Pollo Inka in Los Angeles (Peruvian food); French fries and ice cream

Proudest moment: My wedding day

Greatest personal accomplishment: Earning my BA in Communication Studies and finishing two half-marathons

Best vacation I’ve taken/dream vacation: Best vacations were my honeymoon; backpacking through Spain, Italy and France; and traveling throughout Colombia.

Favorite weekend activity: Hanging out with my husband and our three girls (the dogs – Fiona, Emma, and Sarah)

Last good movie I saw: Blood Diamonds

Scariest experience: Surviving southern California earthquakes

If I had a million dollars I would… Pay off bills/house, buy my parents a new home, save/invest, travel the world … and last, but not least, shop till I drop

Favorite place to shop: the outlets in Gilroy or Tulare

Favorite childhood memory: Family vacations and summer pool parties at my parent’s house

Words that describe me best: competitive, energetic, compassionate & dependable

I like to watch: Law & Order, Cold Case, Without a Trace, Ugly Betty and Grey’s Anatomy

In my spare time… I like to exercise, read, and spend time with friends/family.

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is… not to take people or life for granted.