Arlett Perez, M.A.
Upward Bound Program Director
Ms. Perez is a proud Wildcat with two bachelor's degrees and a master's degree from the UA. She has expansive experience assisting local Tucson and southern Arizona school districts, families and students with admissions, college visits, access, events, and outreach information. Her passion for increasing access and degree completion in underrepresented and minority students propels her forward in establishing and expanding the work of Upward Bound at Pueblo and Cholla High Schools. She full-heartedly believes in the goals of the Upward Bound Project at the UA and is excited to be a part of the journeys of the students who participate in the program. From the moment of acceptance in the program during high school to the moment students attain their baccalaureate degrees!
Camila Armenta
Upward Bound Project Coordinator
Camila Armenta graduated from the University of Arizona with a dual degree in Law and Political Science and is 1 of 2 recipients of the 2021 UArizona Hispanic Alumni Outstanding Senior Award. Originally from San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico, she came to the University of Arizona in 2017 to help others and represent her community in extraordinary spaces. Currently, she works as the project coordinator for TRIO Upward Bound at the University of Arizona's College of Education. A nationally recognized and federally funded program whose purpose is to support students on their route to be the first in their families to go to college. She serves as Legislative and Educational Chair for Arizona TRIO programs through the Western Association of Educational Opportunity Personnel, Arizona Chapter, and advocates for the 50 Arizona TRIO programs, continuing the TRIO legacy that she, herself, is an alumnus of.
