The Community Behind Concrete Industry Management Major Ricardo Ramos-Torres

Ricardo Ramos-Torres carries his family, his hometown and a lifetime of support with him into a promising season for Chico State men’s soccer. To get to class or soccer practice, Ramos-Torres leaves his hometown of Gridley early and heads up Highway 99 to Chico State. It’s about 30 miles, a relatively short drive. The path that led him to the Wildcats was much longer. The son of agricultural workers and the grandson of immigrants from Mexico, Ramos-Torres grew up in a close-knit neighborhood on the edge of town that everyone simply called “the camp,” or “el campo.” Long before he…