Richard grew up in a poor and working-class Black neighborhood in the 1960s and ‘70s where he was exposed to a myriad of systemic inequities and the strategies to overcome them. “The social gears of my neighborhood turned on the village model, where the haves helped out the have-nots.”
He earned a degree in graphic design from Arizona State University and went on to become an instructor of design. For over three decades, Richard has worked across the healthcare, education, aerospace, and financial industries as a graphic and software designer/developer, teacher and manager. In that time, he has always maintained a garden of one sort or another. In 2005, he completed a Summer internship on a family farm, which has led him to his current role in urban farming.
He earned a degree in graphic design from Arizona State University and went on to become an instructor of design. For over three decades, Richard has worked across the healthcare, education, aerospace, and financial industries as a graphic and software designer/developer, teacher and manager. In that time, he has always maintained a garden of one sort or another. In 2005, he completed a Summer internship on a family farm, which has led him to his current role in urban farming.