Maria Perez is the Community Relations Specialist at The Council on Alcohol + Drug Abuse in Corpus Christi, TX. She is also a Steering Committee Member for The Corpus Christi 7 Day Film Festival, a member of the Nueces County Opioid Taskforce, volunteers with several local organizations, and was a finalist for The Bend Magazine’s H.E.R event in 2019. She is an advocate for civic involvement and addiction recovery within the community and works towards bettering her hometown through this.