She clerked for Justice Alan B. Handler of the New Jersey Supreme Court and has taught at University of Washington since 1996.
In 2011, Ramasastry was a senior advisor in the International Trade Administration at the U.S. Dept.
She worked with former Washington Governor and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke.
Ramasastry is a member of the Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force.
Since 2014, se his member of the International Advisory Council and Senior Research Fellow of the Institute for Human Rights and Business.