Lacey Ramirez is a transdisciplinary public scholar and member of the CREATES cohort, working at the intersection of academia and public health. As a second-year PhD student in French, Lacey’s research interests include representations of midwifery, witches, and healers in French and francophone literature. Lacey also worked as Program Assistant in 2025 for WashU’s Healthcare in Nice study abroad program. She was a Student Speaker at the Public Scholarship Symposium and has worked with the Office of Public Scholarship to work on a book pitch. Lacey holds a Master’s in Global Health from Harvard School of Public Health, and she has worked with organizations including USAID, MedAir, UNFPA, and Georgetown University’s Institute for Reproductive Health. Outside of her research, Lacey works in St. Louis as a pre/postnatal yoga teacher.
