Perella joined Team Up in June 2011. As a trustee, she’s actively involved with our day-to-day work, getting involved in individual projects and also sitting on our finance sub-committee.

Perella has always been interested in education, believing it to be the best way to achieve personal happiness and professional success. It was Team Up’s unique approach to engaging society’s most disadvantaged young people in education that led to her involvement with the organisation.

Perella gained a BA (Hons) in English Literature from the University of London and went on to work in public relations until taking a break from her career to raise her 3 children. In 2001, she took a certificate in Specific Learning Difficulties.