Hello, I’m Ashley.
I am a queer woman who tells true stories about love, mystery, and embodiment through writing, photography, filmmaking, mentoring, and speaking.
Ashley / Ash Parsons
has always found a way to tell stories. Her live storytelling has been seen at the The Moth / Snap Judgment competition at Yale and Shelf Life in Kansas City. She is an alumni of the 2019 Thread at Yale program through the Yale Journalism Initiative.
Her work has been seen in
Huffington Post, American Photo Magazine (Awarded “Top Ten Wedding Photographer In The World”), Real Simple Weddings. She has been a contributor / keynote speaker (Way up North, Yeah Field Trip, Adventures Always). Her content creation, hosting & editing of multiple podcasts - including The Boredom Experiment, Dear Somebody & All For the Best Podcast - has explored themes of social media addiction, racial diversity/equity/inclusion, and personal stories of healing. Ash has been interviewed in Childhood Unplugged and featured on The Love Love Podcast, Confessing Animals Podcast, and Way Up North Podcast, She has taught at workshops, creative retreats, and been a web designer, community volunteer, and a vital part of creative collaborations all over the world for the last fifteen years.
As a learning retreat leader and
curriculum writer at All You Witness, Ashley has taught others how to tell true stories in photographs and films. Her award-winning work as a storyteller at We Are the Parsons through photographs, films, and multimedia.
