DR. PATTY RAMIREZ, DSW (she/her), works with individuals, organizations, and communities to seek and integrate radical healing in every aspect of social justice and anti-racism work. Dr. Ramirez is a transnational social worker, intuitive healing coach, bi-lingual and bi-cultural and uses various modalities in her practice including trauma-informed, culturally competent, and healing-centered approaches. For nearly a decade, Patty has dedicated her work to serving immigrant victims of crimes, and justice-impacted folks. Patty’s experience ranges from working with the immigrant and refugee population, violence prevention, criminal justice policy advocacy, and reproductive justice.

Dr. Patty Ramirez founded the Healing Justice Transformative Leadership Institute, and is developing the Leading with HEART model, a healing- leadership model that proposes a process for healing, transformation, and liberation in social justice organizations and movements. Dr. Ramirez is committed to the vision of collective healing and breaking down barriers that discredit the voice and thought leadership of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.

Dr. Ramirez serves as Organizational Management Coordinator of Trauma Informed Los Angeles where she provides strategic planning, capacity building, program development, and supports content curation around trauma informed and healing justice approaches. She is also the creator of her own micro-enterprise, Wild Luna Botanicals, a self-care and wellness brand where healing and brujita magic come together.