Born and raised in Newark, Nj. By-way of Portsmouth, Va. YaVonda "MsYaYa" Richards pursued her talents of writing, singing and acting. She has a film credit for TV show "FBI Files", Appeared as an audience member on "BET" shows such as, "Teen Summit"and "Bobby Jones Gospel", and several Stage Plays with the "Norfolk State University" NSU Players. Now a Wife, Mom and Official member of the Virginia Production Alliance, YaVonda has chosen to combine her talents into a production company and aspires to collaborate on different projects with her Mentors (In her Head) Tyler Perry, Shonda Rhimes, and Jessica Alba just to name a few.