Dr. Julio Ramirez talks about how he got interested in Civil Engineering as a boy following his dad to job sites in Mexico, and has turned that into a career dedicated to designing resilient structures. We talk about the amazing facilities that make up the NHERI network and how the team is bringing together the earthquake, geotechnical, wind, and coastal engineering communities to do multi-hazard research. At the end of the interview he shares a great personal experience with a reconnaissance mission in Columbia.