Dr. Angelica Perez-Johnston

YWCA Greater Pittsburgh’s 2024 Bridge Builder Award goes to Dr. Angelica Perez-Johnston, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts. Dr. Angelica Perez-Johnston serves as the Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts. With more than a decade of work centered on intentional support of marginalized communities through a lens of equity and shared knowledge creation, she was drawn to the Pittsburgh region for its wealth of opportunities, specifically in the advocacy and support of the rapidly growing Latine community. Dr. APJ earned her Bachelor's in Psychology and Master's in Mental Health from Edinboro University and her Doctorate in Public Administration from West Chester University, and is a proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Honoring her bi-cultural, Chicana and intersecting identities, she approaches the work of equity through a lens of shared learning and understanding and finding the "entry points" to conversations to increase the awareness of the impacts of equitable practice.