Ramón was born and raised in the North Valley of Albuquerque, New Mexico. After graduating from Valley High School, he attended Stanford University where he earned a BA in History and an MA in Cultural Pluralism in Education. He has been writing and directing plays since his early twenties and later earned an MFA in Directing Theatre from the Yale School of Drama. He was long associated with La Compañía de Teatro de Albuquerque where he wrote, directed and produced plays and was its artistic director until it ceased operations around 2006.

Ramón currently teaches history in the Osher Program of UNM Continuing Education, works in elections for the Bernalillo County Bureau of Elections and continues to write plays and movie scripts.

Between the ages of thirteen and twenty-nine Ramón played organized football and/or rugby.