Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, Mrs. Espina-Ramos is a product of the Los Angeles Unified School District. After graduating from a performing arts high school in downtown LA, she attended Cal Poly Pomona, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies in 2019. In 2018, Mrs. Espina-Ramos began working in Applied Behavior Analysis, which then initiated her transition to the classroom. Her first teaching position was with LAUSD in South Los Angeles as a Resource Specialist Program teacher, where she worked for two years before moving on to Samueli. In 2024, Mrs. Espina-Ramos graduated from Cal Poly Pomona once more, but this time with a master’s degree in education. She now resides in Anaheim, CA, with her husband and their dog Bear.