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<strong>TMN</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> | INTRODUCING<br />
INTRODUCING<br />
Carmen Perez is a modern-day ‘Renaissance Woman’ – A singer, songwriter, actress, painter, filmmaker and a U.S. Army<br />
Veteran. She was born in Bronx, New York and raised mostly in Puerto Rico. At 17 years old, she joined the U.S. Army active<br />
duty for six years. After being stationed overseas and in Washington, D.C., becoming a Sergeant by the age of 21, earning a<br />
Bachelor’s Degree in Government and International Politics with a minor in Legal Studies at George Mason University, she<br />
moved to Hollywood to pursue her career in the arts.<br />
Carmen Perez<br />
As a singer/songwriter, she has had hits on Billboard’s Top 40 Hot Dance Club Play & Top 10 UK Commercial Pop Charts,<br />
“Emergency” & “Overload”, and UK chart-topper, the Super Stylers remix of “Run Little Devil.” She also released an<br />
experimental album (Collective Fantasy) in 2014. A music piece “Pajarito,” that she co-wrote with Matt Powell is featured on<br />
the popular chillout/lounge series “Café Del Mar ~ Dreams 9” album, just released on October 31, 2016. Carmen has been<br />
working on her new music EP to be released January 2017.<br />
In June 2016, Carmen was invited by the MIDEM judges to attend their 50th-anniversary international music convention in<br />
Cannes, France, where she was personally greeted by Audrey Azoulay, the French Minister of Culture. Carmen also was<br />
selected to attend the prestigious and exclusive Herb Alpert Applied Music Program at a Los Angeles college where she was<br />
awarded the elite Non-classical Vocal Performer Certificate.<br />
Carmen currently has a popular recurring role as Captain Vasquez on the Robert Rodriguez/Mark Burnett hit Emmynominated<br />
TV series “Lucha Underground.” She has over 60 acting credits and was awarded Best Supporting Actress by the<br />
Valley Theatre League Artistic Director Achievement (ADA) Awards for the play “Soldiers Don’t Cry” in 2003.<br />
As a painter, Carmen has been acclaimed for using bold edges and vibrant colors and is continuously inspired by her<br />
experiences and world travels.<br />
She has exhibited her artwork in the Los Angeles area and sold artwork in both the United States & internationally, including<br />
art commissions.<br />
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