OLA in the News

Minerva Perez, executive director of OLA Eastern Long Island, is the Dan’s Papers 2025 Person of the Year. For more than two decades, Minerva Perez has helped redefine what community leadership looks like on the East End of Long Island. In moments of calm and crisis, she has built systems where none existed, stepped into gaps others avoided, and insisted that a healthier, safer region must include everyone. That work is why Dan’s Papers  has named Perez its 2025 Person of th