DIAZ PEREZ is a consultancy firm committed to the economic redevelopment of the Appalachian Region. A region once highly dependent on heavy industry, it has sustained greater economic distress than much of the rest of the United States with high rates of poverty, unemployment, poor health, and large educational and economic inequality. This region that overlaps with the Mid-Atlantic is on the cusp of sustaining a major transition into a more diversified economy - despite its economic distress - for its residents, the economy of the various states within it, and the rest of the nation. DIAZ PEREZ partners with individuals, nonprofits, businesses, and a variety of institutions to develop, implement and manage innovative initiatives that enrich their operations, that enrich the communities they are located in, and that fill gaps in their respective markets.