Steve Ramos is a Cota-Robles Fellow and second-year PhD student in the Economics Department at UC Berkeley working as a Graduate Student Researcher for the California Policy Lab. His research interests are in labor economics, public economics, and the economics of education, especially as it pertains to reducing inequities in accessing and financing a higher education. Prior to his doctoral studies, Steve was a Senior Research Assistant at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in the Consumer Finance section, where he utilized credit bureau records to monitor developments in U.S. consumer credit and conduct empirical research. He graduated from Miami University in 2017 with degrees in Business Economics and Mathematics.