Amber J. Ramirez Ed.D

Amber Ramirez began her career at UMass Global (formerly Brandman University) in 2018. She earned both her BSW and MSW degrees from the University of Nevada, Reno. She also is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the state of California. In her capacity at UMass Global, Amber Ramirez teaches in the Social Work program, and she works with a team in developing and maintaining all community collaborations and partnership with agencies and organizations that host social work students. She manages, coordinates, and monitors social work field placement internships.

Amber Ramirez has experience in providing services at micro, mezzo and macro levels. Her clinical experience is providing therapeutic services to children, women and families. This experience were in shelters, schools and full-service partnership program settings that primarily focused on children with problem behaviors, youth in the juvenile justice system and women facing issues domestic violence and sexual assault.

Amber Ramirez has spent most of her career focused on more mezzo and macro work affecting change at a community and organizational level. She has extensive experience in the substance abuse and violence prevention and youth development field within county and department of education settings and non-profits. She held multiple leadership positions in a variety of those settings focusing on program management, development, assessments, and evaluation. Her experience extends to fund development to include grant writing, proposal development, fundraising, and donor solicitation.

Amber Ramirez started her higher education career with the University of Southern California, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. During her six years at USC, she taught MSW field courses. She coordinated the second-year placement of MSW interns within the Social Change and Innovation department and assisted with placement of Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPSC) in social work and first year field placements. She was also responsible in developing field agencies and monitoring students in field placements.