Our Story
Born From Lived Experience.
Built On Belief.
A note from Jessica Pérez, Founder of Wildevera.
Where It Began
I've spent most of my life building bridges — between cultures, between people, between needs and resources.
From age three to fifteen, I lived in the Caribbean as a missionary kid, working alongside my mother — a missionary nurse — running medical clinics and outreach. I've been a military spouse to a retired U.S. Army Black Hawk pilot, a doula, a childbirth educator, a CNA, a homeschool co-op teacher, an FRG leader, and a working mother. I've immigrated to new countries and left family and loved ones behind. I know what it means to start over in an unfamiliar place.
But Wildevera wasn't born from a résumé. It was born from a conversation.
A few years ago, I sat with a woman named Ava in Mexico. Her husband had grown up in the United States — gone to school there, built his life there, gone to work there one ordinary morning — and was caught up in a deportation sting and sent to a country he didn't know. No connections. No family. No path forward.
That story didn't leave me. And it wasn't the only one I heard.
Why Virtual Assistance
I've been working remotely since 2008 — first as a bookkeeper for a travel agency, then across aviation, security, recruiting, concierge, coaching, and marketing. As a contract VA since 2022, I've worked closely with small business owners across industries.
And in that time, I've seen a pattern I refuse to keep quiet about.
The VA industry has a dignity problem. Too many clients see VAs as cheap labor — people to extract value from, people who'd better "earn their keep." Too many VAs are told they're business owners and then treated like disposable employees. There is a quiet toxicity in this space, and it doesn't have to exist.
I want Wildevera to be different.
The Wildevera Belief
I believe VAs are business owners. I want them to act like it — to price their services with confidence, to communicate the value they bring, to take ownership of their role in a client's success. I want them to climb a virtual corporate ladder of their own, earn certifications, and one day open their own bookkeeping firms, marketing agencies, and consulting practices. I want them to bring in VAs of their own.
I also believe clients deserve excellence. When my VAs win, my clients win. When my clients win, my VAs win. Their success is shared, and so is the responsibility for it.
That's the Wildevera ethos in one sentence:
“When the client succeeds, we succeed. Their wins are our wins. Their challenges are ours to help solve.”
This is what dignified work looks like — on both sides of the relationship.
More Than a Placement Agency
Wildevera isn't only about connecting businesses with virtual assistants. It's about building a path from zero to hero — and a community that walks it together.
We're building:
Five years from now, I want to look back and see thousands of lives rebuilt. Hundreds of families supported. Thousands of workers confident, at peace, and proud of what they've built. And hundreds — maybe thousands — of small business owners who reclaimed their time and grew their dreams because someone capable, kind, and committed had their back.
That's the future Wildevera is building toward.
Why I'm The One Building This
I don't have a Stanford MBA. What I have is a lifetime of connecting people to what they need — and decades of practice doing it across cultures, languages, and circumstances most people will never have to navigate.
I'm a visionary and a problem-solver. I'm a mother and a caregiver. I went from being "just a mom" to finding my passion, my skills, and my purpose — and turning them into a way to help others do the same.
“If I can do it, you can too.”
I was born to build Wildevera. It is the perfect package of my skills, my passions, and my convictions woven into one purpose.
— With conviction and gratitude,
Jessica Pérez
Founder, Wildevera