Margaret Ramirez

Maggie Ramirez is an urban planner interested in making streets safer for walking and biking and increasing affordable housing in Albuquerque. She teaches Environmental Planning at UNM's School of Architecture and Planning and has worked on master transportation plans, housing needs assessments, corridor studies, and safety action plans throughout New Mexico and Colorado. Her research includes improving housing outcomes for formerly incarcerated individuals. Previously she wrote scripts for public radio and worked as a foreign policy analyst and human rights accompanier in Colombia. A bicycle commuter and mayor-appointee to the Greater Albuquerque Recreational Trails committee, she currently leads the UrbanPlan initiative for the Urban Land Institute of New Mexico and is a 2025 Livable Albuquerque Fellow. She graduated from Berkeley.