Ramon Elizondo, RN

Ramon Elizondo is a licensed registered nurse (745570) with 13 years of direct care experience in Southern California. Born and raised on the border between Tijuana and San Diego, Ramon is a native Spanish speaker and fully bilingual in both English and Spanish. He has a passion for working with a diverse population of patients, both medically and culturally.

After graduating from San Diego State University, Ramon specialized in cardiothoracic surgical nursing. He has led and mentored fellow nurses in providing non-pathologizing responses to psychiatric and psychedelic crises in hospital, triage, and nightlife settings, including Burning Man, Boom, and Lightning in a Bottle.

At the center since 2018, Ramon has supported the community in safely accessing psychedelic medicine.