Paola Ramos

Paola Ramos is an author and Emmy-Award winning journalist. Ramos is a contributor for Telemundo News and MSNBC/MS NOW. She is also the co-host of iHeartMedia’s “The Moment with Jorge Ramos and Paola Ramos,” a weekly podcast where figures from Zohran Mamdani to John Leguizamo to immigration activists in Minneapolis break down some of the most pressing issues affecting Latinos across the country.

Ramos’ reporting has taken her along the southern border, the Darien Jungle, to embed with Mexican cartels, the Proud Boys or with underground abortion pill networks. She is also a former correspondent for VICE News, and prior to her career in journalism, Ramos was the former Deputy Director of Hispanic Media for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Presidential Campaign, a political appointee during the Obama Administration and also served in President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign.

Ramos is the author of “DEFECTORS: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and what It Means for America,” and of “Finding Latin-X: In Search of the Voices redefining Latino Identity,” published by Penguin Random House. She is Cuban, Mexican and American and lives in Brooklyn, NY.