Sakiah Perez Rivera, BS, serves as an administrative specialist for the Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP). In this role, she supports the operational and administrative needs of the WPP team, helping coordinate activities across staff, partners and grantees to ensure projects and processes run smoothly.
Prior to joining WPP, she worked as a research project coordinator in Dr. Matt Anderson’s lab on the National Institutes of Health–funded Data for Indigenous Interventions, Implementations and Innovations: Tribal Data Repository (D4I TDR) project, a multi-site initiative focused on strengthening Indigenous health data systems.
She earned her bachelor of science in biology with a minor in women, gender, and sexuality studies from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. She is passionate about supporting underrepresented communities through scientific initiatives that advance health equity.