Dr. Richer is an interventionist who engages in community-driven research to co-create culturally-tailored interventions and services. Specifically, she is interested in addressing the substance use, intimate partner violence, and HIV and STI risk (SAVA) syndemic. She works with Black, Indigenous, and queer communities who experience structural stigma related to drug use, involvement in the criminal-legal system, sexuality, and racism. Additionally, Dr. Richer seeks to increase access to psychedelics and indigenous plant medicines among BIPOC communities. She is also the Co-Founder/Director of Urban Indigenous Collective, a community-based public health non-profit that ensures access to culturally-tailored services to Indigenous people living in Lenapehoking (New York City) and the surrounding tri-state area through research, advocacy, and programming.