Becky Richey

True Life
By: Kayla Babin

Becky Richey, a Stephen F. Austin graduate student, is from all over southern Texas. Sbe has known as life as a military wife, never living in one place for more than five years. She graduated from Louisiana College in 2005 in Pineville, Louisiana, with a degree in philosophy. While in college she started to dabbled a little bit in debate, but as she started going to competition she started winning octo-finalist and second place in national tournaments. Then after graduation she moved to Nacogdoches, Texas, to carry on her education to eventually get her doctorate in public speaking.
In 2002, married Pat Richey, who is a teacher of public speaking here at Stephen F. Austin State University. He is also a fellow debater and a part of the US Army. They have a six-month-old daughter named Abby Richey.
Why does Becky want to be a college professor? She said, “I love to teach.” “There is so much you can learn from your students.” She wants to continue to learn from teaching others. Another reason for her goal in life is to give her daughter a better life too. With her success comes a better life for Abby.
Becky was also a bra fit specialist at Dillard for five years. She mainly worked the breast cancer patients after they had mastectomies. Becky said that some of the patients were tough to not get emotional. “It was like a knife into the heart when I would hear some of their stories and see the emotions they were going through,” she said.
Throughout Becky’s life she has had to move from place to place while continuing her education. Now she is taking care of her little girl. Becky is short, brown haired, blue-eyed with a heart of gold