[4] She co-founded ExecThread, a networking platform for executives, and founded Ellington Lafayette Co., a tech incubator with a focus on supporting "women, people of color, and other marginalized communities."

[1] She worked in the tech industry as a marketer for 10 years and was the youngest honoree on Savoy Magazine's list of Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America.

[6] She actively supported Pete Buttigieg in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and was a national surrogate for his campaign, speaking on his policy as it related to the lives of people of color.

[12] As a teen, Richardson was drawn to pageantry as a means of earning college scholarships [2] and ultimately funded much of her university education through pageants.

In 2018, at age 28, Richardson won the 50th Anniversary Miss Black America pageant in Kansas City, MO after taking first-place honors in the competition's swimsuit and projection (interview) phases.