Hegira Ramirez graduated with a degree in chemistry from the Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador in Caracas, Venezuela. Her undergraduate thesis was in the field of the organic synthesis of compounds with possible biological activity. She completed a doctorate in the Medicinal Chemistry program at the Universidad Central de Venezuela. In March 2018, she read her thesis work: "Synthesis and biological evaluation of derivatives of 7-chloroquinolinyl 4-S-thiazole and 4-N-2-aminoindane", which was directed by her mentor, Dr. Jaime Charrisa, with whom she still continues to work with on the design and synthesis of new molecules. She has published 15 research articles, 3 of them as a corresponding author. She is a member of the Organic Synthesis research group of the Universidad Central de Venezuela and also belongs to the Molecules and Materials group at the Universidad Central del Ecuador in Quito. Her current position is as the Research Director of the ECOTEC University in Guayaquil, Ecuador.