Biography

Richelle is a UCLA Bruin through and through, graduating college, then medical school, then residency, and subsequently school of public health at UCLA and is a Professor of Emergency Medicine working at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine and David Geffen School of Medicine. She also serves as Research Director, oversees and mentors the undergraduate volunteer research program (Emergency Medicine Research Associates – https://emra.dgsom.ucla.edu/pages/), is one of the founding members of the International and Domestic Health Equity and Leadership (IDHEAL – http://www.idheal-ucla.org/) sections.

She provides culturally humble, trauma informed care, and advocates for the underserved on a daily basis. She advocates for UCLA to provide access to the vulnerable patients within our community and on a national level is involved in research and advocacy to address social risks (the negative Social Determinants of Health). She is a leader and mentor to the residents, fellows and undergraduates in these efforts, as well as within the Emergency Medicine Department’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, and the emergency medicine residency’s Women and Gender Minority Group.

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou