Perez attended Righetti High School and played both football and volleyball. His major at Hancock is kinesiology, and his career goal is to become a sports medicine physician. Perez chose Hancock because of its golf program. His favorite sports memory is going to a volleyball tournament in the Los Angeles area and watching his teammate spike the ball at a player on the opposing team. Perez’s cousin, who hails from Mexico, was given the chance to move to the U.S. and play professional golf.