[4] While she attended Howard University, she began her career with the Moorland–Spingarn Research Center "which sparked her passion to provide archival community service to individuals and organizations.
In the past, she has been a part of other notable archive projects involving African American Museum concepts and Fine Arts as a revitalization tool, such as Ellington's female vocalists and Ulysses Kay.
[2] She was also a contributor to the New York metropolitan area hip hop symposium "Documenting History in Your Own Backyard" at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Richardson and her colleagues brought forward issues of documentation and preservation, educating attendees on the history of hip hop culture.
When she was recommended as an SAA Fellow in 2013, one colleague mentioned that she is "a fine exemplar of the importance of diversity in the field of archives and a strong advocate for a more participatory and outreach-oriented profession.