Ashley is the Program Coordinator for the Fellowships for the Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice. She joins us from the Center for Court Innovation, where she led youth diversion programs centered on building youth confidence, self-efficacy, and empowerment. In her role, she launched a summer internship program that matched youth’s passions within their respective careers. Youth worked with real estate agencies, multi-media consulting companies, non-profit organizations, and with beauty entrepreneurs. With over a decade of experience, she has dedicated her career to leveraging her lived experience in the child welfare system to drive policy change and transform service systems for youth. Ashley is passionate about positive youth development and peer support and wants to bring these services to incarcerated youth ages 18-24 and reshape the culture of rehabilitation within justice systems.
Ashley is a NYC native, born in Brooklyn and now residing in Brooklyn; she is a proud first-generation college graduate from SUNY Plattsburgh. Ashley is currently pursuing a Master’s in Public Policy at Northeastern University.
