title: Ramya Ramana
text: # Ramya Ramana
  
  Ramya Ramana (born March 3, 1995) is an American poet based in New York City. Ramana is a winner of the Youth Poet Laureate of New York City award. In 2015, Ramana was invited to participate in a local event in Guyana hosted by One Billion Rising a domestic violence awareness organization.
  
  ## Career
  
  In 2014, Ramana won the New York Knicks Poetry Slam with a scholarship to St. John’s University. In January 2014, Ramya was invited to read a poem titled New York City at the inauguration ceremony for Mayor Bill de Blasio. Ramana also appeared in a TV show Verses & Flow which was aired in 2014.
  
  As a Youth Poet Laureate, Ramana has been working with the New York City Campaign Finance Board’s voter education campaign. In March 2014, she performed at the Joe's Pub at The Public.
  
  ## Notable poetries
  
  * Miss America poem
  * New York City
  * It Is Not Your Problem
  * We Will No Longer Stay Silent to this Classism
  * Don't Drown Her in the Baptism
  