Ride gara Portola Junior High (ugbu a Portola Middle School) na mgbe ahụ Birmingham High School tupu ya gụsịrị akwụkwọ na onwe West School maka Girls na Los Angeles na a mfọn. Na mgbakwunye na ịbụ onye nwere mmasị na sayensị, ọ bụ a mba họọrọ tennis player. Ride gara Swarthmore College maka atọ semesters, were physics ọmụmụ na Los Angeles, California, na Stanford University, wee banye dị ka a obere bachelọ, na-eme nchọpụta na a bachelọ na ụmụ nwanyị mgbazi owuwu. Nna ya bụ onye ọkà mmụta sayensị ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na Santa Monica College.
Astrophysics na free electron lasers