Executive Director
ajulich [at] mit.edu - (617) 253-8095
April Julich Perez is Deputy Director of the Center for International Studies and Executive Director of MISTI, MIT’s global experiential learning program. She joined CIS in 2005 as coordinator of the MIT-France Program.
Julich Perez has worked on the editorial support staff of the International Herald Tribune and Le Figaro in Paris, and in Boston in the cultural service of the French Consulate. Prior to joining the CIS, she was a program associate in MIT's Office of the Arts.
While completing a BA in French at the University of Nebraska, Julich Perez earned certificates in European studies and French linguistics from the University of Antwerp, Belgium, and the Center for Applied Linguistics in Besançon, France. She holds an MA in French Cultural Studies from Columbia University.
Julich Perez has co-chaired or served on multiple committees to create and support global experiential learning and research opportunities for MIT students and faculty. She participated in MIT's Leader to Leader program and is a recipient of the MIT Excellence Award.
Julich Perez authored a case study about MIT's pioneering international education model in the NAFSA publication "Internships, Service Learning & Volunteering Abroad." She has spoken about global education at the American Society for Engineering Education International Forum, the Forum on Education Abroad Annual Conference, the Annual Colloquium on International Engineering Education and the Global Internship Conference.