Mónica Ramírez

Biography

Mónica Ramírez is an attorney, author, and activist fighting for the rights of farmworkers, migrant women workers, and the Latine(x) community. She is the founder of Justice for Migrant Women and co-founder of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, The Latinx House, and Poderistas. Mónica has received numerous awards, including Harvard Kennedy School’s Gender Equity Changemaker Award, Feminist Majority’s Global Women’s Rights Award, the Smithsonian’s 2018 Ingenuity Award and the Hispanic Heritage Award. She was named to Forbes Mexico’s 100 Most Powerful Women’s 2018 list, TIME Magazine's 2021 TIME100 Next list and People en Español's 100 Most Powerful Latinos in 2021. Mónica is a Ford Global Fellow. She serves on the Board of Directors of the National Women’s Law Center, and Friends of the Latino Museum.
Mónica is a graduate of Loyola University, Harvard Kennedy School and The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.