Susan Perry is a graduate of the UNT Jewish Studies Program, as well as a former Hillel president. Susan recently returned from a fellowship as a JDC Jewish Service Corps, working in several Israeli cities with the JDC's youth volunteer programs there.  She is currently a political affairs officer at Israel's Consulate General for the Southwest in Houston.
 
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