Ashea received her bachelor’s degrees in Women/Gender Studies and English from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist certificate from Stratford University. She possesses over a decade of experience working in various areas of the human services field including residential services, community mental/behavioral health treatment, community-based sex offender treatment, therapeutic mentoring, and crisis intervention/stabilization. She also served two terms on a Local Human Rights Committee in the Greater Richmond Area.  Ashea is very passionate about advocacy, education, understanding and supporting individuals with disabilities and their family.

“Disability only becomes a tragedy when society fails to provide the things needed to lead one’s daily life.”   ~Judith Heumann