Julia Richardson

Julia Richardson is an educator and writer currently working towards her Master of Education in UCLA's postgrad program. She believes children across the globe unquestionably deserve access to a high quality education, the single greatest resource for ensuring career and college readiness, future prospects and economic stability.

She has worked with children enduring numerous kinds of emotional, physical and existential suffering which has instilled in her a deep respect for their resiliency. She has taught at-risk youth with emotional disturbance and multiple disabilities, therapeutically served elementary aged children with autism from underrepresented communities, coached children with chronic illness in the hospital, and supported food security and quality secondary education for girls in South Sudan.