Dr. Richter joined Kaiser Permanente after 6 years on faculty at the USC Roski Eye Institute in Los Angeles, where she was an associate professor of clinical ophthalmology in the Glaucoma Division and the director of the Glaucoma Fellowship. She completed her degree in Biochemistry and International Studies at Washington University in St. Louis and received her MD and Masters in Public Health at Columbia University in New York. Followed by an ophthalmology residency at USC and served as chief resident for a year after residency. Afterwards she attended UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute for glaucoma fellowship.