About
Dania Ramos is a writer, audio producer, and arts educator.
Dania is the creator and head writer of the middle-grade fiction podcast Timestorm, produced by Cocotazo Media in partnership with TRAX from PRX. Timestorm was named a 2022 Anthem Awards silver medalist, a 2020 Webby Awards Honoree, and a Common Sense Selection. Her stage plays have been produced or developed by Luna Stage, Writers Theatre of New Jersey, Speranza Theatre Company, Vivid Stage, Repertorio Español, and Teatro Vivo. Her dramatic works have received recognition from the Nuestras Voces National Playwriting Competition (finalist), the Henley Rose Playwright Competition (finalist), and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (playwriting fellowship). Dania’s the author of the middle-grade mystery novels Ignacio in the Dark and Who’s Ju? (2015 Intl. Latino Book Award for Best YA eBook, 2015 ILBA Mariposa Award finalist, 2017 Sakura Medal nominee).
Dania brings over twenty years of experience teaching theatre and creative writing for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and other arts organizations. She currently writes, hosts, and co-produces NJPAC On the Mic, an audio resource for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s Schooltime Performances series. She’s also a Wilkes University Graduate Creative Writing program faculty member.
Dania received an MA in creative writing from Wilkes University and a BFA in theatre performance from Montclair State University. She’s a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, the WGAE Audio Alliance, Kids Listen, The Podcast Academy, and Actors Equity Association.
CONNECT
Website: DaniaRamos.com
Email: daniawriting@gmail.com
Facebook: /DaniaRamosWriter
Twitter: @DaniaDania
Instagram: @coquimonster1
PRESS
Audio
Common Sense Media - Podcast Reviews: Timestorm (Lauri Anderson)
School Library Journal - Series & Serial Podcasts That Will Keep Kids Listening All Summer (A. Bensfield & P. Rogers)
School Library Journal - Top Trendsetting Podcasts from 2020 (Anne Bensfield & Pamela Rogers)
Corporation for Public Broadcasting - Public Media Highlights ‘VOCES’ and Other Latino Voices for Hispanic Heritage Month
TRAX Network - 'Timestorm': Exploring heritage through historical fiction (Ma’ayan Plaut)
Centro Voices - Google Sponsors Cocotazo Media Podcast on Puerto Rican History and Culture (Nestor David Pastor)
Discover Pods - 12 Adventurous and Educational Podcasts for Kids (Elena Fernández Collins)
Lonely Planet - 9 kids podcasts for curious explorers (Sarah Stocking)
The Cinemaholic - 15 Best Podcasts For Children (Diksha Sundriyal)
Women.com - Fans of Historical Fiction Need to Listen to These 5 Podcasts (Michelle Nati)
The Bello Collective - Indie Fiction Podcasts You Should Be Listening to in 2019 (Elena Fernández Collins)
Medium - Meet our Six Inaugural Teams for the Google Podcasts creator program (Lauren Rothering)
Latina Media Co - 11 Latinx Podcasts Changing the White Voice of the Industry (Elena Fernández Collins)
The Bello Collective - Audio Drama Debuts: The Sun Upon the Page (Elena Fernández Collins)
Audio Dramatic - Six Podcast Episodes That Left Their Mark (Elena Fernández Collins)
Pod News - Timestorm Sends Kids from NJ Back in Time (Press release)
New Jersey Stage - Timestorm: A Time-Traveling Podcast (Gary Wien)
NJ Arts Maven - Timestorm Returns with a New Season & Joins the TRAX Podcast Network for Tween Audiences (Ruth Ross)
Books
School Library Journal (Review, Who’s Ju?)
Latinx in Kid Lit (Review, Who’s Ju?)
Books YA Love (Review, Who’s Ju?)
Reading Through Life (Review, Who’s Ju?)
Latino Rebels (Interview)
Stage
NJ Arts Maven (Review, Continuing the Conversation: An Evening of Short Plays Inspired by Current Events)
NJ Footlights (Review, Mi Casa Tu Casa)
Q Onstage (Review, Mi Casa Tu Casa Holiday Version) | Q Onstage (Review, Mi Casa Tu Casa Touring Version)
West Orange Patch (Mi Casa Tu Casa)
