William Perez is a Professor of Education at Claremont Graduate University. His research focuses on immigration and education. He is one of the nation's leading experts on undocumented students. His book, "We ARE Americans: Undocumented Students Pursuing the American Dream," received the 2009 Mildred Garcia Prize for Excellence in Research by the Association for the Study of Higher Education. He has been interviewed or quoted as an academic expert in various media outlets including NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, Despierta America, CNN en Español, the Chicago Tribune, the LA Times, La Opinion, Hispanic Magazine, Colorlines, and NPR's All Things Considered and Latino USA. Born in El Salvador, he immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 10 William Perez is a Professor of Education at Claremont Graduate University. His research focuses on immigration and education. He is one of the nation's leading experts on undocumented students. His book, "We ARE Americans: Undocumented Students Pursuing the American Dream," received the 2009 Mildred Garcia Prize for Excellence in Research by the Association for the Study of Higher Education. He has been interviewed or quoted as an academic expert in various media outlets including NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, Despierta America, CNN en Español, the Chicago Tribune, the LA Times, La Opinion, Hispanic Magazine, Colorlines, and NPR's All Things Considered and Latino USA. Born in El Salvador, he immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 10 to escape the country's civil war. He earned his BA at Pomona College, and his Ph.D. at Stanford University. In 2010, he received the Stanford University Distinguished Scholar Alumni Award. Most recently, Alma Magazine named him as one of four Lo Mejor de Nosotros (One of Our Best) in its 50th Anniversary Hispanic Heritage Month Edition....more