Tim Perez

Tim Perez was born in Fresno California, middle child of five girls and two boys, in a close-knit Latino family. His athlete father was Associate Dean of Student Affairs at Fresno State University and his mother gained her PhD at Stanford University, and was a professor and chair of the Education Department at University of North Carolina. Hard work, upward mobility and community activism were watchwords in the Perez home, which produced two Lawyers, a Doctor and a Scholar in Aztec Literature. In Jr. High and High School Tim was student body president and voted most outstanding student. He was City Champion in Jr. Varsity Cross Country, High Hurldes, Low Hurdles and Triple Jump. He Lettered in Varsity Cross Country, Track and Field and Basketball. He was the Captain of his Varsity Basketball team. He was awarded most outstanding Thespian in Drama and nominated for the B'nai Brith Student Athlete and lost out to Henry Ellard, future star receiver of the Los Angeles Rams. Tim was also