Unlock Your Professional Potential with Expert Career Guidance
Navigate workplace challenges, advance your career, and achieve your professional goals with personalized coaching
Meet Your Career Success Partner
Ang Richard is passionate about helping professionals unlock their potential and navigate modern workplace challenges. Her core competencies include equity and inclusion initiatives, skills analysis, and career path planning.
Ang helps Gen Z navigate their careers with empathy, advocacy, and drive, using her own lived experiences as a curious Gen Z professional, a TEDx speaker, a leader, and a consultant.
Areas of Expertise:
Career Development Coaching
Resume Review
Diversity and Inclusion
Interview Preparation
Public Speaking
Corporate Training
Credentials:
1000+ 1:1 coaching meetings
LinkedIn Top Voice
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Ph.D. student studying Higher Education with a focus on school-to-work transitions and sense of belonging
My Journey & Method to Success
My journey began in Vermont as a public-school educator, working with 5th-8th graders on math intervention. This experience ignited my passion for guiding young people through pivotal transitions. I earned my Master’s in Higher Education Administration from Boston University and now serve as a Career Coach & Special Projects Leader there, while simultaneously pursuing my Ph.D. at Boston College. My Doctorial research focuses on school-to-work transitions among underrepresented student groups and exploring how belonging interventions in higher education impact early career outcomes. Today, I’m redefining what it means to show up authentically in the workplace. As a LinkedIn Top Voice, TEDx speaker, and founder of Professionally Unprofessional, I bridge the gaps by championing the radical idea that there’s no single “right” way to be professional.
My work centers on a simple but powerful belief: when people can’t show up as their full, authentic selves, they can’t give everything they have, and we can’t have a strong intergenerational workforce. Whether I’m helping someone land their first role, negotiate a raise, or prepare for their next career move, my philosophy remains the same: authenticity and excellence aren’t mutually exclusive. As both a first-generation college student and a young professional myself, I bring lived experience to every conversation. I understand the unique challenges Gen Z faces as they navigate economic uncertainty, workplace changes, and the pressure to conform to archaic professional norms. My approach is personal: every client meeting begins with understanding their values and goals and ends with actionable next steps and genuine connection.
At a work event a few years ago, I stood confidently in a sleeveless shirt, blue slacks, and boots, networking with colleagues and mentoring students. But the reactions I received—comments about my tattoos, someone saying I looked ‘too young’ to give advice, another claiming I appeared to be 14—sparked something within me, and I knew what I had to do. These moments of being judged by appearance rather than expertise became the catalyst for my career coaching business, Professionally Unprofessional.
- Ang
Gen Z at Work—With a Coach Who Gets It
By 2030, Gen Z will make up over 30% of the global workforce—and they’re already reshaping what it means to thrive at work. From tech-savviness to adaptability, Gen Z professionals bring fresh perspectives, bold ideas, and a drive for purpose.
Ang is not just guiding Gen Z—she’s one of them. As a Gen Z professional herself, she understands the challenges and aspirations of this generation firsthand. Her coaching blends lived experience with expert insight to help young professionals navigate their careers with confidence, clarity, and authenticity.
Together, we’re redefining what success looks like for the next generation of leaders.