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Paola Ramos
Paola Ramos in 2015
Paola Ramos in 2015
Born1987 (age 36–37)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
OccupationJournalist
LanguageEnglish
Spanish
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma mater Barnard College ( BA)
Harvard University ( MPP)
Years active2016 – present
Relatives Jorge Ramos (father)

Paola Ramos (born 1987) is an American journalist. Ramos is a correspondent for Vice and is a contributor to Telemundo and MSNBC. Ramos' work focuses primarily around Latino issues. Ramos has been featured, been a correspondent, or has served as a subject matter expert, in Latina, [1] Popsugar, [2] Bustle, [3] Vice, [4] Los Angeles Blade, [5] South Kern Sol, [6] HIV Plus Magazine, [7] and on KCRW. [8]

Early life and education

Paola Ramos was born in 1987 [9] in Miami, Florida. [1] She grew up in Spain. [2] Her mother, Gina Montaner, was born in Cuba and her father is Mexican journalist Jorge Ramos. [1] Ramos graduated from Barnard College with a BA in Political Science and Government in 2009 and earned her Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2015. [10] [3] [11] [12]

Career

Ramos served in the Obama administration, including working for both President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, and served as Deputy Director of Hispanic Media for the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign. [1] [11] In 2019, Ramos became a correspondent for Vice's documentary series, Vice, and Vice News Tonight. She is the prior host to Vice's docuseries Latin-X. [13] [14] For her work at Vice, she was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for her piece "The Latinx Drag Queens Spearheading HIV Activism on the Border". [15] That same year, Ramos keynoted George Washington University's LatinX Heritage Celebration. [16] She currently serves as an on-air contributor to Telemundo and MSNBC and also serves as speaker for Lesbians Who Tech + Allies. [11] [16] Ramos hosted Field Report with Paola Ramos on MSNBC in 2022. [17]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Calle, Jennifer. "Woman Crush(ing the Patriarchy) Wednesday: Paola Ramos". LATINA. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Foresto, Alessandra (November 8, 2016). "Paola Ramos, Deputy Director of Hispanic Media, 20s". POPSUGAR Latina. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Gladu, Alex. "Who Is Jorge Ramos' Daughter, Paola?". Bustle. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  4. ^ "Paola Ramos". Showtime. Archived from the original on May 27, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  5. ^ Ocamb, Karen (June 28, 2018). "HIV/AIDS: The other U.S.-Mexican border crisis". Los Angeles Blade: LGBT News, Rights, Politics, Entertainment. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  6. ^ Lozoya, Bryana. "Community members encouraged to become more involved at Voto Latino event". Kern Sol News. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  7. ^ Abadsidis, Savas (June 28, 2018). "WATCH: The HIV Crisis on the Texas-Mexico Border". HIV Plus Magazine. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  8. ^ Brand, Madeleine. "How Fresno's meth epidemic is affecting the city's Latinos | Press Play". KCRW. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  9. ^ Sharp, Michael D. (2006). Popular Contemporary Writers. Vol. 9. Marshall Cavendish. p. 1174. ISBN  9780761476108.
  10. ^ 🖉 "FINDING LATINX with journalist and activist Paola Ramos '09". our.barnard.edu.
  11. ^ a b c Hayes, Dade (December 3, 2019). "Vice News Adds Paola Ramos As Correspondent in First Major Jesse Angelo Hire". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  12. ^ "Exclusive: Maria Hinojosa '84 and Paola Ramos '09 Analyze Latin American Issues". barnard.edu. Barnard College. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  13. ^ "Behind The Scenes of 'LATIN-X' with Paola Ramos". Vice. March 11, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  14. ^ Miller, Lindsay (July 12, 2018). "Paola Ramos's New Vice Series Asks: What Does It Mean to Be Latinx?". POPSUGAR News. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  15. ^ "GLAAD Media Awards Nominees #glaadawards". GLAAD. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  16. ^ a b Wilson, B.L. "Host of VICE's 'LatinX' Advocates for Inclusion". GW Today. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  17. ^ https://press.nbcnews.com/2022/09/15/just-weeks-from-the-midterms-nbcuniversal-news-group-examines-the-power-of-the-vote-with-network-wide-reporting-on-major-trends-shaping-this-years-election/

Further reading

  • Lavariega Monforti, Jessica L. Latinos in the American Political System: An Encyclopedia of Latinos as Voters, Candidates, and Office Holders. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO (2019). pp. 424 ISBN  1440853479

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