Ramos was born at Elmhurst Hospital and raised in Astoria,Queens,New York City. She is the daughter of Colombian immigrants.[5] Exposed to civic life at an early age,Ramos participated in community activities with the Colombian immigrant community's local civic groups and later on as a Democratic district leader and community board member.[6] She graduated from the Academy of American Studies and attended Hofstra University,before dropping out to work in the office of then-City Council Member Hiram Monserrate.[7][8]
Career
Ramos worked in New York City Hall where she was initially a communications adviser and ultimately became director of Latino media from April 2016 to December 2017.[clarification needed] In this role,Ramos was the city's top Latina spokeswoman and liaison to the Spanish-language press.[9] Before joining city government,Ramos was the communications director for Build Up NYC,an advocacy organization for construction,building,and maintenance workers. She has also done communications work with a local chapter of the American Federation of State,County and Municipal Employees and a regional branch of the Service Employees International Union.[9]
Ramos has served on Queens Community Board 3,and she was a Queens County Democratic district leader from 2010 to 2014.[9]
In the Senate,Ramos serves as chair on the Committee on Labor.[16] She sponsored a failed bill to decriminalize prostitution.[17] In 2023,Ramos criticized Governor Kathy Hochul's proposals to ease housing construction in New York because not all local labor unions supported the proposals.[18] That same year,Ramos said she would not vote for a budget deal to ease housing construction unless it also enshrined "good cause eviction" tenant protections into law.[19]
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