Joshua J. Ramirez is a brown-indigenous social-practice artist, museum-arts administrator, and cultural-practitioner that works and resides in Los Angeles County. Using his own mental Illness and disability as a platform for systemic change, he has successfully started his own non-profit, Saint Remy Arts & Culture that merges advocacy and art. Intentional in his own practice, Joshua explores the complexity of the human condition, exploring themes of abandonment, past childhood trauma, and working-class race relations in the United States through photography, sculpture, and painting. He is currently enrolled as an MA in Curatorial Practices and the Public Sphere student at USC.