RRichards

My name is Rickeena Richards and I was born and raised in Kansas City, MO. I moved to New York City from St. Louis, MO in June 2011. I graduated from Saint Louis University with bachelor's degrees in communication and African-American studies, and then worked as a newspaper reporter at the Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat for about four years. Through covering the education beat at the newspaper and volunteering as a staff member for a local high school journalism workshop, I realized that I had a passion for teaching. I was also in need of a career change at the time so I applied for Teach For America and was accepted to its 2011 Corps. I now teach two sections of math (a self-contained and a CCT) and four sections of journalism to 8th graders at MS 223, The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology, in the South Bronx. I look forward to learning more about the art of teaching and the field of education through my studies at Fordham University's Graduate School of Education.