 Her professional performing career included tours with the Federico Rey Dance Company, the Xavier Cugat Orchestra, solo engagements in Spain, the inaugural Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy with John Butler's company, the Broadway productions of "Copper and Brass" (in a number choreographed by Bob Fosse), "Kismet" and "Lute Song", and the television adaptation of "Man of La Mancha".In 1963, Ramirez fulfilled a promise to take over Miss Bravo's studio upon her retirement.In 1967, with federal funding through an anti-poverty program, she conceived and directed an intensive training program for younger students called "Operation High Hopes."