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Audrey Richards

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ABOUT AUDREY

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SMALL TOWN PRIDE

Audrey was born in Joplin, and is proudly a lifelong Missourian. She was a girl scout, proud member of the Reeds Spring High School marching band, and district champion storyteller for the RSHS speech and debate team. She aspires to get young people involved in politics across Southwest MIssouri.

A THRIVING CAREER

Audrey graduated from George Washington University in Washington DC with a BA in Political Science. She worked for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a bureau of the US Treasury Department, where she started as an IT intern and worked her way up to become the agency's knowledge manager overseeing the agency-wide KM program. Audrey was also the unit's representative to the Enterprise Change Control Board.

 

As a lifelong St. Louis Cardinals fan, Audrey spent four years as a professional sportswriter; contributing to SBNation and Fangraphs. Her work was featured on Beyond the Box Score, Viva El Birdos, and Federal Baseball. 

 

Audrey's passion for regulating big tech stems from her time as policy director at Children and Screens: Institute of Media and Child Development. The nonprofit research institute studies the impact of screen time and social media on children ages zero to eighteen. As technology far outpaces our understanding of its effects, Audrey believes it is pivotal to study its impact on the most vulnerable among us.

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