Jose originally hails from the Dominican Republic and is a seasoned world traveler having lived in Venezuela, El Salvador, The Philippines and Austin, TX where he was a boarder at St.Stephen's Episcopal School for three years. In high school he enjoyed a variety of sports, photography and french. Ramirez looks to compete in the 400 after a good summer of trainning in Providence. He is a neuroscience concentrator and pre-med. Jose has three brothers: Miguel at Harvard Medical School, twin brother Alex, also on the track team at Brown, and younger brother, Edward, who is applying to Brown.