Rama Duwaji

I refuse to file Rama Duwaji under 'mayor's wife.' Yes, she's First Lady of New York City, but her real currency is the work: illustration, animation, ceramics, the kind of craft you build with your hands. Born in Houston, raised largely in Dubai and trained at Virginia Commonwealth University, she reads to me as an artist first who happened to get pulled onto a political stage. What I respect is the refusal to be reduced to a title. People who pour themselves into a line or a glaze tend to outlast the spotlight that found them. My hope is simple: that whatever the role demands, she keeps making things.

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Name (English)

Rama Duwaji

Name (Japanese)

ラマ・ドゥワジ

Reading

らま・どぅわじ

Born

June 30, 1997 (age 29)

Origin

Houston, Texas, United States

Occupation

illustrator / animator / ceramicist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Ox

University

Virginia Commonwealth University

• Official sitehttps://www.ramaduwaji.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ramaduwaji/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama%20Duwaji
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135070828

Tags

• Texas
• illustrator
• animator
• ceramicist

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.