Her short school internship with broadcast journalist Gel Santos-Relos for ABS-CBN's travel program, Tatak Pinoy, was the first step in Rikki's career as a broadcast journalist.
In 2005, she married Cris Mathay (grandson of Mayor Mel Mathay, son of Congressman Chuck Mathay, and now himself a City Councilor in the City of San Juan)^ [REF] and they now have two daughters, Cristah and Mischka.