Angelica Ramos

Director of Policy & Communications

Angelica is a political and public policy professional with over 15 years of experience in strategic planning, policy development, and coalition building. At GFS, she is leading efforts to create a community-focused policy agenda based on family voices. Previously, she secured millions in local childcare investments as children’s lead policy staff for Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg and served as Deputy Director of Build the Future, a project advocating for affordable childcare.

Angelica earned her BA from American University, her JD with a specialization in Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice from Whittier Law School, and a graduate certificate in Early Childhood Policy and Advocacy from the University of Florida. She is a past fellow of CORO NorCal, the OpEd Project, and the Children’s Defense Fund of California, and has received 40 under 40 awards from the Silicon Valley Business Journal and the National Association of Asian Pacifics in Politics and Public Affairs. She was recently named “2025 Woman of the Year” by California State Assemblymember Patrick Ahrens.