Paola Ramos (born 1987) is an American journalist. Ramos is a correspondent for ''

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'' and is a contributor to Telemundo and MSNBC. Ramos' work focuses primarily around Latino issues. Ramos has been featured, and has served as a subject matter expert, in ''

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'', '' Popsugar'', ''

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'', ''Vice'', ''Los Angeles Blade'', ''South Kern Sol'', ''HIV Plus Magazine'', and on

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Early life and education

Paola Ramos was born in 1987 in Miami, Florida. She grew up in Spain. Her mother, Gina Montaner, was born in Cuba and her father is Mexican journalist Jorge Ramos. Ramos graduated from

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with a BA in Political Science and Government in 2009 and earned her Master in Public Policy from the

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in 2015.

Career

Ramos served in the Obama administration, including working for both

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and Vice President Joe Biden, and served as Deputy Director of Hispanic Media for the

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. In 2019, Ramos became a correspondent for '' Vice's'' documentary series, ''Vice'', and ''Vice News Tonight''. She is the prior host to ''Vices docuseries ''Latin-X''. 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". That same year, Ramos keynoted George Washington University's LatinX Heritage Celebration. She currently serves as an on-air contributor to Telemundo and MSNBC and also serves as speaker for Lesbians Who Tech + Allies.

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