Perri joined MDRC in 2022 as a digital data collection specialist in the Data Collection Unit, where she collaborates with research teams across policy areas to lead the review, programming, and administration of complex web- and SMS-based data collection tools. She also served as a research analyst on the postsecondary education project, Faculty Decisions and Credit Transfer. Currently, she serves as the project coordinator for the National Rural Higher Education Research Center, where she supports day-to-day operations, cross-project learning, and dissemination efforts across the center.