Michelle Richardson

Community Engagement Manager

Being the daughter of Dominican immigrants, born with creative gifts, and being blessed with out-of-this-world creative mentors at the age of 6, Michelle understands firsthand how culture can influence (or hinder) the creative expression and development of a young creative soul.

Community engagement, through family-friendly activities, is a great way to break those barriers and give youth a platform to BE themselves. Michelle is a firm believer that you cannot have successful and consistent community engagement without strong community-based partnerships and collaborations. She has over 30 years of experience in outreach, advocacy, community building, creating safe spaces for creative interactions and so much more.

Michelle strives to empower youth, families, small businesses, and community organizations to bring people together, organize events, and bring about positive change in our community.

Michelle joined the team at RAW in 2023.