Her YANA (You Are Not Alone) Coaching Services help support single women of faith using her proven 4-STEP framework. Fittingly, YANA also means "God is gracious". Her data informed, faith-based approach reminds women of this fact.

Dr. Paula is also a certified SYMBIS (Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts) coach. She works with never married, divorced and widowed single women. Once the women are in relationship, Dr. Paula continues her support by coaching to the couple providing them with tools that will help them have a lasting and loving marriage relationship. Her passion for serving this population comes from her own experience.

She grew up surrounded by beautiful godly examples of marriage. Her parents, James and Dorothy Childs, have been married over 63 years.

At 16, Paula decided not to have sex until she married. Her 4-STEP framework helped her keep her vow of celibacy until she wed at 49! In December 2010, Dr. Paula married John E. Perez, instantly becoming stepmother to three young adults.

Dr. Paula left her principalship and answered the call from the Lord to enter full-time ministry alongside her husband, the Pastor at Family Transformation, (formerly Faith Temple), a church in upstate New York.

Her writing career started in October 2021. Since then she's published a few best selling books. 

=> 49-Year-Old Virgin: Delayed Not Denied 
=> BOUNDARIES: Saving Yourself Until Marriage
=> The Gifts of Pain: Daily Stories, Reflections, and Prompts to Find Hope and Healing in Adversity

Her third book, is a collaborative project under the guidance of Dr. Elayna Fernandéz.  The chapter she wrote is entitled, "From Heartbreak to Laughter." 

In 2023, she was awarded the Black Business Achievement Award.