Professional career After their time in La Fortaleza, Ramos started her own professional career in law. She presided over the Commission for the Judicial Branch Restructuring, which originated the Appeals Court itself. She then worked as an appeals judge in the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals from 1985 to 2000. When Sánchez Vilella died in 1997, she married the following year to José Rivera, a doctor from Ponce. They later divorced. In 2011, Ramos released a book called Intima, where she shares details of her life. She is the daughter of known politician Ernesto Ramos Antonini, one of the co-founders of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). Later years and death She went on to write a book. She died on the morning of November 24, 2021 after a long battle with cancer. References 1932 births 2021 deaths First Ladies and Gentlemen of Puerto Rico Attorneys from Ponce University of Puerto Rico alumni