Ashley is a research public health analyst in RTI International’s Transformative Research Unit for Equity. She holds a BA in psychology, a Master’s in behavioral and social health, and a Certificate in Injury and Violence Prevention. Ashley strives to advance health equity and racial justice through community– and system-level interventions, policies, and reform. She has over a decade of experience in applied public health research and evaluation conducting intervention and evaluation studies related to community and youth violence, sexual violence, firearm policy, mental health promotion, and substance abuse prevention. She leads mixed-methods research projects, including tasks related to monitoring and evaluation, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, manuscript writing, and survey development.