Ria Perry

Ria Perry is a Special Programs Coordinator for the Youth Aware of Mental Health program at UTHealth Houston. In 2014 Ria began working with a drug and alcohol prevention program in the public and charter school systems in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She later assisted coordinating mental awareness health programs with the department of defense.

Ria has also worked as a lead teacher with small students and in middle and high schools as a teacher’s assistant. Because of Ria’s love for youth and the communities that influence them she pursued the YAM program at UT Health Houston.