Hi! I’m Ashley.
I am an educator originally from St. Louis, Missouri, USA with over a decade of professional practice across diverse educational contexts, including in the United States, Costa Rica, Mexico, Thailand, Vietnam, and online environments. I have experience in all levels of education from classroom instruction to teacher training to national curriculum development. My previous employers include nonprofit, government, and community-based organizations in addition to public, private, charter, bilingual, and international schools. My areas of expertise include English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Adult Basic Education, Life Skills, Literature & Creative Writing, as well as Academic Reading & Writing. I earned an M.Ed. in Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum (with an emphasis in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from the University of Missouri, Columbia in December 2021 and a B.A. in English (with an emphasis in Creative Writing) and Women & Gender Studies from Webster University in May 2014.
I am committed to critical and liberatory approaches to education that are student- and learning-centered that work to expand educational equity and increase teacher and learner well-being. I am also interested in alternative modes of learning, social responsibility, transdisciplinary education, storytelling, identity cultivation, and educational ecosystems.
You can learn more about my prior projects on the Portfolio page and read my ideas about teaching, travel, and life on the Blog. Thank you for sharing this space with me.
The contents of this website are mine personally and do not reflect any position of any other entity or organization, including the U.S. Government or the Peace Corps.