About Traci N. Perry, M.A.

Traci N. Perry is an author, speaker, and advocate whose work explores what happens when life changes without permission—and how we begin finding our way back to ourselves afterward.

A Southern California native, Traci earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California and her master’s degree in psychology from Pepperdine University. Her professional career has sharpened her understanding of people, organizations, communication, and the complicated ways we navigate change. Her personal life would eventually teach her those lessons in an entirely different way.

In 2023, Traci was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer. Surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and the long emotional aftermath of treatment disrupted not only her body, but her understanding of the life she thought she knew. That experience became the foundation for her debut memoir, STAGE 3: My Journey Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death.

But the diagnosis is only one part of Traci’s story.