Paola Ramos is an author and Emmy-Award winning journalist. She is a contributor for Telemundo News and MSNBC. Ramos is a former correspondent for Vice News. Prior to her career in journalism, Ramos was the Deputy Director of Hispanic Media for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and a political appointee during the Obama administration, and she served in President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.
She is also a former Hauser Leader in the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School, where she received her master's in public policy, and she recently joined the board of trustees of her alma mater, Barnard College. She is the author of Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity. Ramos was born in Miami to Cuban and Mexican parents, grew up in Madrid, and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.