Though Ashley identifies as genre-fluid, her strength in thriller and horror may stem from her dad’s favorite pastime of scaring her with Halloween masks as a child. (She turned out mostly okay.) She attended film school in Los Angeles, and her writing has made her an Academy Nicholl Quarterfinalist, a LaunchPad Top 50 finalist, and she was selected by WScripted’s Pitch a Decision Maker. In 2023, her romance feature “You Can’t Teach Love” completed production.