Education
She graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor in Media Communications from North Carolina State University.
She graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor in Media Communications from North Carolina State University.
Ashley is originally from Orlando, Florida and moved to Raleigh North Carolina in high school. She created an anti-bullying campaign and, with help from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, she has been able to speak with over 25,000 students statewide about the serious problems of bullying. Ashley competed for the title of in 2010 and placed in the top 10.
On November 10, 2012, she made history becoming the 5th African-American woman in 61 years of the pageant to be crowned.