Grandpa did pyrotechnics for various films in the Florida keys and Grandmother Connell was a stage performer in Key West.
Jolene's father David Perez was in The Rose Tattoo as the boy chasing the goat.
Family's last name is Perez de Guzman, but it was changed with her Grandfather. Her Great Great Grandfather came from Spain via Cuba and was a local stage actor who occasionally played a female character.
Great Grandfather Ernest Perez played in the Sousa band when they came down to Key West.
Is of Scottish and German and French descent on her mother's side and Spanish, Irish, Bahamian and Eastern Cherokee descent on her father's side.
Member of Andi Matheny Acting Studios.
Trained at Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota. (2016)
Has studied at Truthful Acting Studios in Orlando, FL.