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Paola Ramos (journalist)

Not to be confused with the volleyball player Paola Ramos.

Paola Ramos (born 1987) is an American journalist. Her most recent book is "Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America," published in September 2024. Ramos was a correspondent for Vice and is a contributor to Telemundo and MSNBC. Ramos' work focuses on issues affecting Latinos in the U.S. and Latin America. 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]

Paola Ramos
Ramos at the 2024 Texas Book Festival.
Ramos at the 2024 Texas Book Festival.
Born1987 (age 36–37)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
OccupationJournalist
LanguageEnglish
Spanish
Alma materBarnard College (BA)
Harvard University (MPP)
Years active2016 – present
RelativesJorge Ramos (father)

Early life and education

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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

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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]

Personal life

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Ramos lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, with her fiancée, De’Ara Balenger, and their mini-goldendoodle, Dida. [18][19]

Bibliography

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  • Defectors. Pantheon. September 24, 2024. ISBN 978-0-593-70136-2.[20][21][22][23][24][25]

References

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  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 (March 10, 2016). "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 (March 12, 2019). "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. ^ "Inside NBC News | Public Relations". September 15, 2022.
  18. ^ https://www.thecut.com/2020/11/how-vice-news-correspondent-paola-ramos-gets-it-done.html
  19. ^ https://www.thepitchkc.com/paola-ramos/
  20. ^ Cadava, Geraldo (October 9, 2024). "The Challenge of Mapping the Latino Right". The New Yorker. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  21. ^ Lizarraga, Lori (September 25, 2024). "Latinos are moving to the far right. Paola Ramos thinks she knows why : Code Switch". NPR. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  22. ^ Szalai, Jennifer (September 18, 2024). "Book Review: 'Defectors,' by Paola Ramos". The New York Times. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  23. ^ Rodríguez, Jesús (September 28, 2024). "Democrats thought Latinos were a lock. MAGA disrupted it all". Washington Post. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  24. ^ Dingman, Sam (October 9, 2024). "Author sets out to understand the rightward drift of Latino voters". KJZZ. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  25. ^ Avila, Pamela (September 28, 2024). "Paola Ramos book 'Defectors' looks at why some Latinos support Trump". USA TODAY. Retrieved October 13, 2024.

Further reading

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  • 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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