Ashley earned her MFA from UCLA in 2005. She is a senior instructor of 3D Graphics & Animation at the University of Colorado Denver. She has been a freelance web designer and graphic designer since arriving in Denver in 2010.

Ashley has been singing with St. Martin’s Chamber Choir since 2010, before which she sang in Los Angeles for 4 years. Ashley’s lifelong love of music includes playing the piano professionally, as well as dabbling in classical guitar and mandolin.