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Portrait of Ross Ramos

Honor Society® member

Ross Ramos

District School Nurse at West Contra Costa Unified School District

  • School Nurse Credential, Nursing
  • Class of 2011
  • Pinole, CA

Member since May 2020

Education

  • California State University at Fullerton

    School Nurse Credential

    2019 – 2020

  • Samuel Merritt University

    Nursing, BSN

    2010 – 2011

  • University of California at David

    Microbiology, PhD

    1988 – 1992

  • University of California at Berkeley

    Molecular Biology, BA

    1984 – 1988

Honors and awards

  • Steele Scholarship

    Awarded to two students in the 2010-2011 BSN cohort, Samuel Merritt University

  • Multiple Awards and Certificates of Recognition

    For support of multiple NASA spaceflight payloads

Goals and interests

Career goal

School Nurse and Public Health Nurse

Graduate school interests

Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness, School Nursing, Public Health Nursing

Outside the classroom

Gardening
Music (guitar, violin, harmonica)
Working out (weightlifting, cycling, martial arts)
Motorcycle
Reading (spiritual: Judaism, Kabbala, Vajrayana, Zen)

Experience

  • District School Nurse

    West Contra Costa Unified School District

    Mar 2016 – Mar 2020

  • Mental Health RN

    Caminar for Mental Health

    Sep 2015 – Feb 2016

  • Clinical Nurse Educator

    Kaiser Santa Clara Emergency Department

    Jan 2013 – Sep 2015

  • Emergency Department Tech

    Kaiser Walnut Creek Emergency Department

    Aug 2008 – Dec 2013

  • Emergency Medical Technician

    Local Ambulance Company

    Dec 2006 – Jul 2008

  • Senior Scientist III

    NASA Ames Research Center

    Aug 2000 – Aug 2005

Volunteering

  • Registered Nurse

    RockMed-Haight Ashbury Free Clinic

    May 2011 – Dec 2012

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced

Additional information