Becky Risch came to Colorado Academy in 2018 after nearly 20 years at The Denver Post. Since 2005, she has served as the Post’s Digital Director, where she applied cutting-edge digital and technological strategies to increase readership, revenue, and improve the user experience. Prior to her journalism career, she worked in Washington, D.C. as a legislative assistant for a New York congressman. A Denver native, she graduated from Skidmore College with a degree in government and the University of Missouri with a master’s in digital journalism.