Biography | Written by: Thomas Geraci | @Teeco71

 

Erick Ramos was born September 29th 1983 in Brooklyn, New York at The Brooklyn Hospital. He has always been very proud of his Puerto Rican heritage. He was born to a father who is a carpenter and owns a construction business and a mother who is a master hairstylist and interpreter. It is no wonder that Erick has had the drive and ambition to become a man of many traits from being a great father, social activist, creative mind, designer, photographer, a philanthropist and a socialite. He is very much a family oriented person. He has two siblings and one nephew but the focus of his family life is on his son Gavin Conner Ramos from his former girlfriend.

 

Early Years

 

During his early days, he lived in NY (Southside of Brooklyn) but at age 3 his family moved to the state of Maryland on the lower Eastern Shore where he was raised in Dorchester County. He grew up in the town of Secretary, Maryland. While there, he began school, attending Head start at the early age of 3.

 

By the age of four Erick attended Warwick Elementary School, which he completed in 1995.

 

He then attended North Dorchester Middle School, which he completed in 1997. During his time there, he won first place in 4 science fairs.

 

Next, Erick attended North Dorchester High School and graduated in 2001. He was part of the wrestling and golf teams during his time in high school. He was supposed to play the part of "Charlie" in the senior class play "Annie Get Your Gun" but was not allowed to continue as a result of failing grades. He did manage to pull his grades up and graduated in 2001 with a GPA of 1.9.

 

Military Service

 

Next up for Erick was military service from 2001 to 2003. He joined the United States Marine Corps right after high school graduation. Erick left for boot camp in 2001 and trained at Parris Island, SC. He witnessed the chaos from 9/11 while there, after his Senior Drill Instructor presented the platoon with recorded news footage of the World Trade Center towers collapsing.

 

For his Marine Corps Combat Training he was sent to Camp Lejeune/Camp Geiger, NC, and then later was sent to Marine Corp Air Ground Task Force Training Command (MAGTFTC) for his Military Occupation Specialty (MOS) 0621- Field Radio Operator. He was then stationed at Marine Corp Air Ground Task Force Training Command (MAGTFTC) for duty with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines.

 

Unfortunately, Erick suffered injuries to both knees as a result of a battalion exercise, leaving him incapable to perform the duties as required. He remained on light duty and periods of bed rest while going through rehabilitation, until his Medical Discharge under Honorable conditions.

 

His experience in the military was still a successful one; Erick received the National Defense Service Medal for being enlisted during a time of war, and qualified with the M16 rifle, earning the Expert Rifleman's Badge.

 

Early Career

 

In 2003, after his service in the military was over, it was time to return home to Secretary, MD. Once there, he worked as a parts rep. at a local bike shop, a maintenance man at a printing plant, a sales rep. at a video store, a Correctional Officer at a jail, a cable guy at a local cable company, and a Machine Operator and laborer at a local underground utility company.

 

In 2005, Erick bought a house in Salisbury, MD with then girlfriend and attended the University of Maryland Eastern Shore as an Aviation major. He completed courses required to receive his Private Pilot license however did not obtain them due to financial hardship to finish flying lessons and take the FFA test.

 

Erick changed his major to Graphic Design and took online classes at Westwood College while working fulltime as a Machine Operator for a new local underground utility company. That same year he helped deliver son Gavin Conner Ramos into the world with his then girlfriend.

 

Unfortunately, in 2007 Erick and his girlfriend split, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason. Despite the split, he remained close to Gavin and continued his college courses online. He also landed his first salaried job with a web development company in Ocean City, MD. With this income, he started ERamos Designs; an organization dedicated to profile and promotes his personal pieces of work.

 

In 2008, Erick went to work for a private government contractor as a designer. He worked on the engineering of the US Capital Visitor Center as a private contractor. He Designed and developed a web-browser based manual for the Architects of the Capital. Later in 2008, Erick took on a project in San Diego, CA working on computer systems on Yachts for the same engineering company. He made San Diego, CA home for 3 months carrying him over into the New Year but continued to travel frequently to spend time with his son.

 

In 2009 Erick was able to complete all projects with the private engineering company and returned to Salisbury, Maryland. He set up the base of his new marketing and management business; Erick Ramos, LLC in San Diego, CA and took on freelancing full time, while at the same time continuing to build Erick Ramos, LLC in Salisbury, MD. Erick donated all proceeds earned from Nov. 2009 through the 2010 New Year from designs to charities; Autism Speaks, St. Jude children's Research Hospital and March of Dimes donating nearly $2,000 and helped promote "Spare some Change: The Movement" to raise awareness of homeless children in the United States.

 

In 2010, he began doing freelance work for a private engineering company in Los Angeles, CA which allowed him to expand Erick Ramos, LLC to Los Angeles, CA. He continued to travel back and forth from Salisbury, MD to Los Angeles, CA turning Los Angeles into his main base of operations. Erick started a charity campaign with CharityWater.org to assist with the Haiti Disaster Relief right after the earth quake that devastated the country. In February 2010, he established a new photography organization, ERamos Photography to profile and promote his expansion into photography. As always, Erick continued his education by attending classes at The Art Institute of California: Los Angeles as a photography major taking most of his classes online and at his pace due to his frequent traveling.

 

The 2010 year marked a great year for Erick as he went on to continue raising money for the non-profit CharityWater.org. In the last quarter of 2010 Erick expanded Erick Ramos, LLC into New York and decided to no longer have an office in San Diego, CA or Salisbury, MD.

 

In 2011 Erick made Erick Ramos, LLC public and stopped using the ERamos Designs and ERamos Photography names in relation to his business Erick Ramos, LLC.

 

Present

 

Presently, Erick continues to network through many popular social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, & LinkedIn to expand his collaborations with high profile individuals in the entertainment business while continuing to expand Erick Ramos, LLC as a full fledge agency managing and marketing talent from Los Angeles to New York.

 

Erick recently launched his personal iPhone App to continue marketing his self as a brand with hopes of landing a small acting career.

 

His philanthropy includes working with Charity Water, Autism Speaks, March of Dimes, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, One Campaign, and Spare some Change: The Movement, the NOH8 Campaign.

 

His passions include graphic design, typography, web design, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Adobe In-design, web development, flash development; web application, iPhone web applications, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash Pro, professional photography, fashion, architectural design, entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, marketing, personal branding, business identity branding, sociology, sociology of the internet, celebrities, internet culture, relationships, media, entertainment, music production, acting, modeling, and performing.

 

Erick continues to focus his advocacy on Child Welfare Activism, Equal Human Rights, LGBT Rights, and Environmentalist/Earth advocacy.

 

His goals for the future are to start his own nonprofit organization to help children who are abused, born with diseases, and underprivileged. He plans to become well known and respected for his life sacrifices and involvement in charities and campaigns, hoping others will follow his footsteps. Erick also plans to continue managing and marketing high profile individuals in the entertainment industry and to continue advocacy in equal rights both for the general and LGBT communities.

 

Words from the Writer

 

After talking with Erick it becomes very clear that Gavin Conner Ramos, his son, is his life and most prized possession. His son is what he lives for and works hard for, just like any other parent. He has started young with Gavin involving him in modeling and acting, trying to open more doors for his future so that his opportunities are endless as he grows up. In his words, "I would never force my son into something he does not like or wishes not to be involved in. He loves the camera and enjoys acting." It is quite obvious that Gavin takes after his father. "He reminds me of me. He is a bright kid, and for 3 1/2 yrs. old is very smart. I bought him an iPod touch for his 3rd birthday and it has helped him tremendously in his advancement in learning. Every week we browse the AppStore and we purchase new educational games for him to learn & play with."

 

Future & Goals

 

Erick plans to further support his causes and start his own non-profit group, and someday become well-known for his involvement in helping children across the world that are less fortunate.

 

His love for his son and children in general has led him to become involved in various charities with hopes of helping one child at a time live a healthy and poverty free life.

 

With this involvement and recognition he plans to spread the word and reach out to other public figures in an attempt to work together and find a single solution to stop poverty, starvation, and cure diseases once and for all.

 

Personal Quotes

 

"We are one nation, one race, and we must work together to help one another, that is how it should be." - Erick Ramos

 

"So much hate and corruption has not only put our economy and lives in jeopardy, it has put our children's futures in jeopardy. When will the fighting, the wars, and corruption within governments cease. It is time for a change and change to be made by the people themselves, not some government or leadership!" - Erick Ramos