Inspire and challenge

Dr. Pearlette J. Ramos is a transformational leader, lawyer, social justice advocate, and writer. She guides transformational journeys around the world, facilitates women’s empowerment workshops, and coaches others towards living life with passion and purpose from a place of authenticity.  

Originally from Youngstown, Ohio, Dr. Ramos overcame significant obstacles including poverty, abuse, teenage motherhood, and dropping out of high school, to become a respected lawyer and world traveler. Pearlette has visited more than 60 countries and each of the seven continents. Her adventurous spirit inspired her to scuba dive at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, parasail in Hawaii, travel down zip lines in the Alaskan wilderness, and snowshoe in the Antarctic region.  

When she’s not working, Dr. Ramos spends time with her two adult daughters, Dionna and Nailah. She has served as a member of her local school board and volunteers with various nonprofit groups and philanthropic organizations. Passionate about women as powerful agents of change, she designs and facilitates women's leadership programs and coaches and mentors women.  Dr. Ramos is producing her first feature film documentary, Three (Extra)ordinary Women, which tells the story of three women of color who collectively survived abuse, poverty and oppression; yet, through their determination became successful women determined to give back.  She authored The Travel Coach and Journal which explores the transformative power of travel and encourages readers to be inspired and awakened through engaging with the world.  

Dr. Ramos, who worked for several years as a commercial litigator and in-house counsel, received her law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and her doctorate in Psychology from Saybrook University.