 Previously he was a weekday reporter and the weekend anchor at WABC-TV in New York City until 2006.He co-anchored the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. weekend editions of "Eyewitness News" with Sandra Bookman.Perez made an appearance during the first season of MTV's "The Real World" when he appeared on-camera as one-half of a couple with Norman Korpi.