[3] From 1996 to 1999, she joined the Bartolina Sisa Federation of the city of La Paz, reaching a position where her leadership could emerge at the national level.
After returning to Tarija, Ramos founded the first departmental section of the Bartolina Sisa Federation in that city, and became its main leader.
[5] While she was in the position of Plurinational deputy, Ramos presided over caucuses of indigenous South Americans (an initiative of the United Nations).
On 24 January 2010, Julia Ramos was replaced in her position as minister by Nemesia Achacollo, a Chapare union leader.
[3][6] Five years after leaving the ministry, in 2015, Julia Ramos was linked by the courts to the Indigenous Development Fund (Fondo de Desarrollo Indígena; FONDIOC) corruption case.