Ms. Ramirez currently serves as the Deputy City Attorney for the Cities of Pico Rivera, Commerce, Norwalk, and Chico. Ms. Ramirez also serves as Legal Counsel for the Planning Commissions for the Cities of Montebello and Huntington Park.

Ms. Ramirez advises public agencies, cities, and special districts on a wide range of municipal and public law issues. Her areas of focus include land use, environmental law, utilities, contracting, the Public Records Act, and the Brown Act. In her public law practice, Ms. Ramirez guides and assists clients in the intricate negotiation of public contracts, leases and license agreements; assists with land use entitlements, permitting and CEQA matters in urban development; advises on procurement issues; and crafts local regulations, including those related to telecommunications, zoning, purchasing, renewable energy and waste management.

Ms. Ramirez earned her Juris Doctor from Southwestern Law School where she concentrated in water law, environmental regulation, land use, and general civil litigation. She also participated in the Southwestern Law Program in Vancouver, Canada where she studied transnational environmental legal issues at the University of British Columbia.

While in law school, Ms. Ramirez clerked for various public agencies, including the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office (Consumer Protection Division), the Office of the Los Angeles County Counsel (Property Division), and the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office (Department of Water and Power).

Ms. Ramirez earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Master of Arts Degree in Political Science from California State University, Los Angeles. She is fluent in Spanish.