Susana Ramirez

SiouxSanna Ramirez-Cruz is a multidisciplinary artist and educator, and a delegate for the legal education firm, 1791 Delegates, where she serves as theatre educator and curriculum designer for civic education projects, strategic planner for national education initiatives, and as a publicist. Previously she served as director of Laura’s Center for the Arts and the Arts & Education Department of the South Shore YMCA.

For over 25 years, Ramirez-Cruz has built and led teams, and organizations in the arts, education, and communications. Currently, she serves as director of education for Broadway Experience, where she devises curricula, creates educational resources, and leads year round workshops to connect, empower, and inspire youth.

As theatre educator, Ramirez-Cruz can be found in the public and private school systems, on college campuses, and in community-based organizations including: Alvin Ailey Dance Theater’s AileyCamp Boston, Boston Arts Academy, Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School, the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Our Lady of Lourdes School. Saint Mary’s of the Hills School, Solomon Schechter Day School, and Westwood Recreation Department.

She has created and led workshops using the visual arts with active older adults, cancer survivors, and as curator and director of The Gallery at Laura’s Center for the Arts. Ramirez-Cruz’s theatrical design work, directorial credits, and work as a producer includes residencies at Bentley University, Emerson College, and Suffolk University. Currently, she is the vocalist for a 16-piece jazz orchestra, illustrator of several children’s books in progress, and a muralist at the Blackstone Elementary School in Boston.

Ramirez-Cruz is currently completing a dual certificate in illustration and graphic design at Tufts University’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and is a candidate in the Master of Fine Arts: Theatre Education & Applied Theatre graduate program at Emerson College.