Darlene Pérez — a Miami native and advanced registered nurse practitioner with more than 25 years of experience — is an advocate and champion for healthcare and education in South Florida. Additionally, she founded PAMM’s International Women’s Committee and is active in a variety of civic and cultural organizations, including serving on the boards of Generation S.O.S; the Women Photographers International Archive; the Nursing Advisory Council for the Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Florida International University; the Miami Cancer Institute Art & Design Committee and Wake Forest University. She is also a member of the Museum of Modern Art’s (MoMA) Latin American and Caribbean Fund. Driven by a lifelong commitment to giving back and promoting sustainable, inclusive and just communities, Jorge, Darlene and their four children established The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation (the Family Foundation) in 2015. In the first 10 years since its founding, the Family Foundation has committed over $70 million in support of nearly 150 non-profit organizations helping to develop South Florida as an exemplary world-class urban center. Among the Family Foundation’s notable initiatives is the Pérez CreARTE Grants Program (CreARTE), which focuses on cultivating a more dynamic, connected arts ecosystem. Since its 2019 inception, CreARTE has invested $10 million across 45 unique organizations in Miami-Dade County, including Oolite Arts, helping fill key areas that impact the creative community most, such as access to affordable workspaces, cultural equity and education.