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Peri R. Finkelstein is a Marketing Consultant, Digital Creator, Keynote Speaker, Founder/CEO of the Team Peri Foundation, and has raised over $1M for charity. Peri was featured in Forbes in December 2022, holds a Bachelor of Science and an MBA from Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, is an Emmy Award Winner, and recently released her TEDx Talk titled “Always Wanting More & Stepping Out of Line”. On September 9, 2026, she released her memoir titled “The Velvet Bow (And Other Dark Sh*t)”.

As a marathoner, nonprofit leader, and producer, creator, and co-host of the Team Peri Step Out of Line podcast, she inspires listeners through her dedication to community engagement. While she was born with a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy, Peri onl ...more

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Peri R Finkelstein said: " My memoir is out now and I couldn’t be more excited. Get ready to put a bow on it! "

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Peri R Finkelstein liked Brianna's review of The Velvet Bow: And Other Dark Sh*t: "I learned a ton, laughed even more, and happily reminisced over the best pit-mix puppy ever, Zoey. Working in healthcare it's easy to forget what it's like to be 'on the other side,' or even harder to imagine what dealing with a chronic disability en" Read more of this review »
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Peri R Finkelstein liked Allyn Friedman's review of The Velvet Bow: And Other Dark Sh*t: "A visceral commentary to the challenges, exhaustion and biases of trying to navigate in an environment that defaults to the able-bodied and to the preconceived and inaccurate misconceptions from the lay and ignorant audience to the patronizing or dis" Read more of this review »
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