Andrea González-Ramírez

Andrea González-Ramírez is a New York City-based journalist from Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. She is a Senior News and Politics Writer for Refinery29, a leading digital outlet for millennial women. The stories she’s most passionate about are those showing the impact policy can have on someone’s everyday life. She’s been featured as an expert commentator on MSNBC Live, The Mother Jones Podcast, BuzzFeed News’ AM to DM, and other outlets.

González-Ramírez’s work has also appeared in NPR’s Latino USA, El Diario Nueva York, Centro Voices, Diálogo, among others. In 2016, she launched “Los Que Se Fueron,” a collection of interviews exploring what it means to be a young Puerto Rican living stateside. González-Ramírez holds a M.A. in Journalism with a concentration on International Reporting from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus with a degree in Journalism and Sociology.