A Baltimore City native, Raymonda received her high school diploma from Lake Clifton High School, her BA in social work from Morgan State University and her MA in social work from the University of Maryland before working in Child Protective Services for the Department of Social Services in Baltimore for 17 years. She switched to the Baltimore City Public School System in September, 2005.  “I feel like I’m helping more in this position,” she said about her work at Independence and Westside Elementary.  “I wanted to work with children directly.”