Lupe Ramirez
Area Administrative Coordinator School of Athletics & Sport Sciences
Welcome, Lupe
What is your role at Merced College?
I am the Area Coordinator for Athletics/Kinesiology. My position is a little different than most of the area coordinators on campus. I have the instruction side, where I work closely with my dean to set up classes each semester. I do load sheets for faculty, faculty evaluations and other administrative duties for the instruction side. But then I have the athletics side, which takes up the majority of my work load. I handle eligibility, I coordinate travel and transportation to every away game for all the teams, I handle the budgets for every team, I create all the POs and Foundation POs for athletics, and I make sure that all of our dues and officials are paid every season. When I joined the team, I created the Merced College Athletics page on Instagram, and it has been such a success. This has allowed me show my creativity, and it has been so much fun!
What part of your job do you enjoy most?
I love the people I work with. I have a dean who is very hands-on and supportive, and we work great together. The coaches who also teach all of our athletics, kinesiology and health classes all work together and have welcomed me into this role since day 1. Our office is always busy with coaches, and now that we have our athletic counselor in the office, we have athletes there all the time.
Tell us about yourself. What brought you to Merced College?
I started working for Merced College in January 2017 as the Community Ed Coordinator for Community Services, now known as Community Education. I worked there for about 4½ years. During my time in Community Education, I had built relationships with some of the coaches through the College for Kids program that I coordinated every summer. In the summer of 2021, I saw that Athletics was hiring, and I applied and here I am!
What do you like to do outside of work?
I am a wife and a mother of two teenagers. Outside of Merced College, I do photography, and I am very involved with the high schools. I am also a nature lover. If I am not on the road watching my kids play sports, I am taking photos or somewhere out in mountains.
What is a fun fact about you?
A fun fact about me is that I am a HUGE Star Wars fan! I have this side of me that loves all nerdy stuff like Star Wars, Harry Potter, comics—I can probably name the majority of characters that belong to DC and Marvel!