Barbara Ann Richman was born on May 4, 1948 in the Bronx to Norman Richman and Muriel Wallach. After a few years she had two Brothers Howie and Michael. However just after Michael was born her parents divorced. As a teenager Barbara became the caretaker and protector of her 2 little bothers. This was the beginning of the development of Barbara the Warrior Angel. She needed to be strong for her brothers and herself. This was the time in her journey that began the development of her common sense and protectiveness for her family.
Even with all that responsibility she was able to graduate from High School in her Junior year. But she was also very independent as she skipped school a number of times to take the subway to Manhattan and just explore. Her favorite place to go was Tads $4.99 Steaks. She completed three years of college however she married John and dropped out of college. She always said in hindsight that she recredited dropping out of college but then she would always say that it was one of the best decisions she ever made because she had her son AJ.