About Me

Kimberly Meyer Ramirez grew up on the southwest side of Chicago and fell in love with birds after receiving her first pair of binoculars at an early age. She attended the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in education. After college, she joined Peace Corps.

Peace Corps sent her to the town of  Catacamas in Honduras, Central America. As a Peace Corps volunteer, she worked with schools, government agencies, and community-based organizations to implement environmental education programs and to evaluate their impact. Her projects in Honduras focused on promoting sustainable use of forest resources and developing income-generating activities for communities living near protected areas.

After Peace Corps, Kim attended Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana where she earned a master’s degree in international public health. After graduation, she worked as a public health researcher for Futures Group International. At Futures, she collaborated with a variety of in-country partners to improve policies and programs that addressed population issues, reproductive health, HIV, infectious diseases, and maternal and child health in Latin America and Africa. This international experience helped Kim examine the important global connections between population, health and the environment.

Currently, she is a graduate student at Governors State University pursuing a master’s degree in environmental biology. She is working on her TogetherGreen conservation action project. Kim also volunteers at Midewin, Bartel Grassland, and Sweet Fern Savanna Land and Water Reserve restoring habitat and monitoring bird populations. You can contact Kim at bobolinking@kmramirez.com