Printable Biography of Constance Ramos

Star/Designer on the HGTV Television Network’s “Color Correction”

Also, Original Cast Member in the role of “Building/Planning Designer” on the ABC Television Network’s “Extreme Makeover:
Home Edition”

Designer, Fine Living Network’s “Mail Order Makeover”

Designer, HGTV’s “Designers’ Challenge”

Constance Ramos is the star and Designer of HGTV’s new show, “Color Correction.“ Constance brings her unique and   award-winning design style to the show that celebrates the importance of Color in design. Bringing great design to television is the perfect outlet for Ramos, combining her prodigious architectural and theatrical talents.

Constance Ramos is an original member of the design team of the Emmy Award winning prime-time television show, ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” Constance has worked to build homes for deserving families in each episode of the television show that truly changes lives. She has appeared on the People’s Choice Awards and the Family Television Awards to accept the honor of “Best Reality Show” for the show. As a part of the original design team, Constance has lent her talents as the “Building and Planning” designer who works side by side with contractors and homebuilders who bring about the miraculous feat of building a home in just seven days. People all over the world are enjoying episodes featuring Constance as the show airs in Europe, South America and in the U.S. on the TV Land network. She is featured in the book of the show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, The Official Show Companion Book.

She holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Kansas State University. She has been given the honor of delivering the keynote address at the Kansas State University School of Architecture Commencement Ceremony for the Class of 2008.

Ramos has also appeared on HGTV’s “Designers’ Challenge,” on which she emerged as the winning Designer. She was featured on the cover of the show companion book, The Best of Designers’ Challenge by Better Homes & Gardens’ Meredith Publications. In addition to her design talents, Ramos has a theatrical flair. She appeared in the television films NBC’s “A Matter of Justice” with Martin Sheen and Patty Duke and CBS’ “Gone in the Night” with Shannen Doherty, Kevin Dillon, Ed Asner and Dixie Carter. “Gone in the Night” has been voted one of the 25 most popular films on the Lifetime Channel.

Constance is a designer with over 15 years of professional experience. The scope of her work includes commercial, retail, and residential projects in a dozen states across the country, as well as in Venezuela. Through her company, Constance Carrell Design, Inc. based in Southern California, she has worked for a variety of corporations, including Walt Disney Imagineering, Mattel Inc., Sony Corporation, I.M. Pei & Partners, and her family’s firm, Ramos Design Corporation. Her projects consist of the design of commercial structures, multi-family complexes, regional shopping centers, cinemas, themed retail centers, hotels, and educational institutions.

Her work also includes designs for interiors and graphics, and she has lent her entertainment production design talents to recording artists Todd Rundgren and Erykah Badu, as well as to television commercials for Wal-Mart, Hallmark Cards, Kodak, and H & R Block.

Many regional theaters rely on her effective and memorable designs to enhance the story as she worked as a production designer, technical director, master of properties, wardrobe designer, set carpenter and set painter. As a dancer and an actress, her skills as a performer were put to good use when she became a professional cheerleader for the Kansas City Chiefs NFL ball club.

As a member of the design team for ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Constance can say that the show does, in fact, change lives. She met her husband, J.J. Carrell, when he nominated his friends, Martha Walswick, a widow with nine
children, for a makeover project. They have been married for over two years and live in Southern California.