Lisa Richardson’s bio
Lisa Richardson
Editorial writer
Lisa Richardson is an editorial writer at The Times, writing about crime, immigration, Latin America, urban affairs and other subjects.
Richardson has been a reporter at The Times since 1992, beginning in the South Bay bureau in Torrance, moving to the Orange County edition, then eventually joining the Metro staff to write about race, culture and class in Los Angeles. A native of Boston, Richardson has a B.A. in English from Dartmouth, and also studied Spanish politics, literature and art at the University of Granada and the University of Salamanca. She lives in the Miracle Mile neighborhood.
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