[3] Ramos began working as a primary school teacher[4] in Yucatán and was one of the Cuban intellectuals who tutored Rita Cetina Gutiérrez.
[5] Ramos' first employment was as a teacher of religion at the School of San Idelfonso but he began teaching as the Chair of line drawing at the State Literary Institute the following year.
[6] In addition to teaching, Ramos published articles in educational journals including La Escuela Primaria (The Elementary School),[3] El Pensamiento (Thinking), El Eco del Comercio (The Echo of Commerce), La Revista de Mérida (The Magazine of Mérida), as well as textbooks.
[6] During this time frame, in 1895 Ramos published several more educational books, including the first Dictionary of Mexican Spanish (Diccionario de mejicanismos.
Over the summer break, in June, 1900, he and a group of teachers traveled to the US to study English at Harvard, but returning to Cuba after the course, Ramos found that he had been laid off.
Juan Miguel Dihigo Mestre intervened on his behalf and was able to help Ramos secure a position as president of the board for teacher's examiners in Havana, for the years 1901–1903.