Perla began the UCLA Extension Program in 1993 and in 1994 she began her work in the field of Landscape Architecture with Galper/Baldon Associates. While at Galper/Baldon a large portion of her work was Institutional, this work included elementary, middle, high, and special schools in the Los Angeles School System.
Galper/Baldon has authored Steps And Stairways Rizzoli International, New York 1989, and Reflections On A Pool Rizzoli International, New York 1997, and have had numerous projects published in Sunset, and Los Angeles time magazine.
From 1999 to 2005 Perla worked as an independent contractor with Laura Saltzman and Associates, and Artecho. She worked on both commerci