KIDS LIFE COACH | EDUCATOR | AUTHOR | SPEAKER
Helping Kids Do Harder, Necessary Things With Better Attitudes
Ashley has worked with hundreds of children and families from a variety of backgrounds in the past 17 years. Her previous experiences include serving as a Family Support Specialist in San Francisco Unified School District; a Case Manager and Program Coordinator at Hunters Point Family; a Children's Ministry Director at Glad Tidings Church in San Francisco; and an Afterschool Teacher and Tutor at Alice Fong Yu Elementary.
She is a San Francisco native with Garifuna roots in Trujillo, Honduras, and American Southern roots in Mississippi. She is an optimist; an artist; a proud Alumna of Howard University and Brown University; and an enthusiastic educator at Meadows Livingstone School in San Francisco, CA.
Ashley is an emotional agility coach for for children ages 8 to 17. Her work centers on helping young people do the harder, necessary things—schoolwork, friendships, family challenges, self-expression, responsibility, emotional honesty, and personal growth—with better attitudes and stronger internal skills.
This work is not about forcing kids to be perfect, behave quietly, or ignore what they feel. It is about helping them understand themselves in the world, trust their voice, manage hard moments, and build the confidence to act with intention.
Growing up in San Francisco in the 1990s and 2000s with fewer resources, instability on both sides of the family, and the weight of low self-esteem, Ashley understands what it means to be a child trying to make sense of hard things without energizing mental and emotional support. She knows what it feels like to doubt yourself constantly and carry emotions you do not yet have the language to explain.
Ashley also understands children are not broken because life is hard. They are broken because they collapse under the weight of intergenerational trauma, chronic stress, and loss without the framework to navigate life and transform their pain into purpose. With her coaching, young people develop the mindset, attributes, and skillsets to pause, think, feel, and flourish.
Problems Ashley Solves With Families, Educators, and Organizations
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Ashley's private mastermind-level high-school aged students who entered middle school, high school, and college with a better understanding of their attributes, skills, and tools for post-secondary success
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Students in elementary school and middle school who complete and stay ahead of their course work despite learning differences and academic giftedness with Ashley's individualized instruction and care
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Students who struggled with emotional agility during rigorous school assignments and less-preferred housework-related assignments, and demonstrated stronger emotional self-regulation abilities after applying Ashley's tools with their teachers and families
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of students who increase their attentional control, emotional self-regulation, and hand-eye coordination for completing math- and science-related coursework with Ashley's instruction and care
"Ashley's teaching style is refreshing. I appreciate her teaching us about brain health and not just trauma." - H. B., San Francisco Expanded Learning Teacher
"I appreciate learning how search for meaning occurs through patterning, implying that the brain is designed to perceive and generate patterns." - Burlingame School District Middle School Teacher
"Ashley is very engaging. I appreciate slowing down movement for exuberant high-energy children." - Burlingame School District Elementary School Teacher
Ashley was featured on KQED Public Radio to share a perspective on who she is and how her parents inspired her career.
Listen at https://www.kqed.org/perspectives
The 5-Day Challenge addresses emotions and behavior challenges in a fun and engaging way. It is a self-awareness plan designed for teachers and families to use together with students. It blends executive functioning, emotional awareness, and career-connected learning while helping students practice working through timed, less-preferred, or rigorous tasks like schoolwork and housework.
This plan accompanies the content of A-Maze-In Me, which is designed to support students in optimizing their growth mindsets and socioemotional abilities.
Raising Resilient Learners: Self-Awareness Tools for Kids and Adults
Many of the behaviors we see are related to a lack of self-awareness. This resource helps parents and educators build the skills that are needed for behavior improvement. It is my latest compilation of verbal and nonverbal responses you can implement today to help your children build the adaptability, courage, persistence, and decisiveness they need to thrive.
Adrienne R., Martinez, CA, Mother of 2
Patrice H. San Francisco, CA, Mother of 2
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