Richell was a girl who grew up across the world in a place called the Philippines. She loved her family, school, and church. 

Richell spent most of her time with her brothers, sisters, parents, cousins, and grandparents. In her culture family is very valued  

She was very smart and loved being at school. She always had the dream of going to college in the United States. Richell wanted to have a job in the health care field.

Richell and her family belonged to the Catholic church and were very involved