Ashley Brown is a lifelong animal welfare advocate, writer, and editor. She volunteers with multiple animal rescue organizations and fosters dogs regularly. Her book, Letters to the Daughter I'll Never Have, earned numerous awards. Her writing is regularly published by multiple magazines and sites; she is also a freelance editor and Editor of Hustle 2.0, creating life-enriching program content for incarcerated people. Ashley has a BA in English and Education from Washington University in St. Louis and a Masters in Liberal Studies from Arizona State University.