Brandy Richardson is a 2025-2026 Teach Plus Mississippi Senior Policy Fellow and 7th and 8th-grade special services teacher at Lake Middle School in Lake, Mississippi. She is the case manager for the special education department and her school’s testing coordinator. Brandy has served on her school’s leadership committee and was named Lake Middle School Teacher of the Year (2012, 2013, and 2016). Brandy is her church’s Sunday Director. She earned a BS degree in secondary education with an emphasis in social studies from Mississippi State University, an MS in secondary education (social studies) from Mississippi College, and an EdS in educational leadership from Mississippi College.
