Odette Ramos

One of The Baltimore Sun’s 25 Women to Watch in 2020: Best in advocacy, business and health

From women’s issues to community development to affordable housing, Odette Ramos has been an advocate in Baltimore for 30 years. Knocking on nearly 19,000 doors and witnessing a family lose their home to a tax sale only gave her more fuel to campaign harder. Ramos won the City Council District 14 and will become Baltimore’s first Hispanic councilwoman: “I have an additional set of folks that I want to be accountable to, but also to represent and lift their voices.”

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