Meet the PHPF Family

Amparo "Ace" Perales

Vice President, Advocacy

Hello and welcome to our site.  My name is Amparo, but you can just call me "Ace".  My husband and I have 6 sons ages 33, 24, 22, 20, 17, 13 and 10.  I am the PTO President at Hillcrest School which is attended by my 17 year old son who has Down syndrome and Mental Retardation.  I am also Co-Chair of the School Advisory Council (SAC) at Maplewood Elementary School which is attended by my 10 year old son who has autism, and a SAC member of the Westport Middle School which is attended by my 13 year old son who is in regular education.  I do my best to stay actively involved and work very hard alongside our district staff as a member of the ESE Parent Advisory Council, and the Marion Area Transition Team.  I am also a CARD Parent Partner working with the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (UF/Gainesville) to provide support to parents of children with autism.  I am driven by this passion to do all I can to help parents of children with special needs to obtain the best quality of life possible for their children.  With this in mind, I dedicate whatever "spare" time I have to educating myself on everything from "soup to nuts" about the disability community and sharing that knowledge at every opportunity.  I am a graduate of the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council (FDDC) Partners in Policymaking program (class of 2003).  

Other duties:  Advocacy, Inclusion, Transition, IDEA, Grades 6 - 12 and Post-school Information, Estate Planning.

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