Nelsinia Ramos is the Associate Director of WI FACETS, Inc. and co-director of the Parent Training and Information Center. She has worked for WI FACETS since 2003 and has extensive experience implementing parent support programs and outreach activities. Nelsinia also serves as senior specialist for the Region C Parent Technical Assistance Center, a federal funded grant that assists parent centers in 16 states in the Midwest; and is the Multicultural Outreach Coordinator for the Wisconsin Special Education Mediation Project. Ramos has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Alverno College; an associate degree in social work from Milwaukee Area Technical College and a professional certificate in nonprofit management from UW-Milwaukee. She is an appointed member of the Special Education Council of the WI Department of Public Instruction and the Advisory Board of the National Center for Military Parents. Nelsinia is passionate about parent and youth empowerment and is a parent of a young adult with disabilities who is actively engaged in self-advocacy. In her spare time, Nelsinia enjoys hiking, playing pickleball and being the volunteer guardian of two elders with disabilities.