BossBaeb: Kenedy Ramos

About Kenedy: 

Kenedy Ramos (they, she pronouns) resides in Boston, Massachusetts. They identify as genderqueer and queer (“shoutout to the gays and the they’s”). They are a first-generation college student and first-generation graduate student currently in their fifth-year of graduate school. Kenedy is getting their doctorate in clinical psychology with a multicultural emphasis. In addition to getting their degree, they have dedicated time to mentoring LGBTQIA2S+/gender expansive students earlier in their graduate careers and are collaborating with peers and colleagues on creating a book on Internalized Oppression. As if that weren’t enough, Kenedy is also working on their dissertation which explores familial racism in biracial POC/white individuals and was recently awarded a keynote panelist position at the annual conference for The Association of Women in Psychology to speak on the future of feminist psychology. In their spare time, Kenedy loves exploring Boston and all the city has to offer. They love running, exercising, dancing, singing, playing the clarinet, reading poetry and theory, spending time with friends, cooking, and taking care of themselves (an absolute must for a BossBaeb). Kenedy embodies the BossBaeb spirit for all the work they put in to serve a largely discriminated portion of the population while also striving to better their own position in life.

BossBaeb Questions:

What inspires you? 

Other people inspire me. I have a lot of incredible friends who are doing incredible things to give back to our communities and make circumstances more equitable for our communities, specifically in the Southern California region of the country. Also, I read a lot of theory and poetry and I really value hearing others’ stories and perspectives. Audre Lorde is one of my highly read authors and activists, and I attempt to take her revolutionary perspective and words with me in every aspect of my life.

What is your personal mission statement?

“What is meant for you will come to you – it’s a matter of when, not if.” I think this statement has gotten me through times where I really didn’t know where to go or what to do next. And it has helped me work through all of the uncertainties and fears I was experiencing.

How do you conquer your fears?

Quite honestly, I try to push through that. I like to think that on the other side of those fears, insecurities, or imposter syndrome-like thoughts, is where I should be. It’s where I should be challenging myself to grow and move forward in my life, personally and professionally.

What is one piece of advice for a struggling LGBTQIA2S+ person?

That’s a big, broad question and the answer can be so different for every person individually. I think, I want to express how beautiful and worthy of love every single person in the LGBTQIA2S+/gender expansive community is, and also how different from heterosexual, individualistic, and eurocentric our love can look like. So often, we accept whatever ‘love’ comes at us because we fear we won’t have a chance at any other love, and I want us to stop doing that (me included). And, we get told our love isn’t as worthy, or that we can’t find love and soulmates in community when that is absolutely not true. We deserve and need every bit of the love and care we dream of, ESPECIALLY our queer dark skin, disabled, fat, Black, Indigenous, and other sisters/brothers/siblings of color. We deserve the world and then some, please do not forget that.

Connect with Kenedy: 

Email: Kenedy.ramos.619@gmail.com

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