Ashley grew up in Gaithersburg, Maryland. While she attended the University of Virginia, she studied the role of perineurial glia in neural development and graduated with a B.S. in Biology and Religious Studies. From there, she did one year of research at the National Institutes of Health where she studied innate immune responses in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus. She then returned to UVA as part of the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) in 2016. Ashley pursued her PhD in the Lukens lab investigating the role of the meningeal lymphatics in traumatic brain injury. Ashley then completed her MD at UVA and achieved prestigious quadruple Hoo status. Ashley couldn’t say goodbye to C’ville or the Lukens lab, as she is now a resident in internal medicine at UVA and continues to grace the lab with her joyful presence. Ashley continues her research in the lab studying the impact of aging on meningeal B cells.