Real stories, real talk, and real next steps for students who do not always see themselves in traditional success stories.
Ashley is a first generation college graduate, tech leader, and youth mentor who turned a non traditional path and plenty of detours into a career she loves.
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Ashley is the founder of Savvy Pathways and Savvy Ashley, LLC, a youth focused brand that blends real world career insight, life skills, and honest conversation about what it actually takes to move forward in life.
She currently serves as an Enterprise Applications Manager for a public school district in Maryland. Ashley works behind the scenes on the systems that keep schools running, from student information and HR to finance and timekeeping. She pairs this experience with her work as an entrepreneur through Savvy Events, a 360 photo booth company that serves local schools, nonprofits, and corporate clients.
A first generation college graduate with a master’s degree in Information Technology, Ashley did not follow a neat, straight path. She moved many times growing up, navigated financial stress, and built her career step by step while raising her daughter and learning to advocate for herself at work and in life.
This is the story she brings into classrooms and youth programs. It is honest, relatable, and focused on helping students believe that their current chapter does not have to define the rest of their story.
Ashley walks students through her non traditional journey from frequent moves and financial stress to becoming a first generation college graduate and IT leader. This session focuses on choices, support systems, and how to keep moving even when life feels messy.
Students often imagine tech as coding only. Ashley shares the many roles that support school systems and businesses, from applications management to data and support, and breaks down what skills matter most for students who enjoy problem solving and people.
Designed for older students and workforce readiness programs, this session covers basic money habits, realistic talk about debt and credit, and simple ways to use first jobs to build options instead of stress.
Using her experience leading Girl Scouts and youth projects, Ashley helps students break big ideas into manageable steps, practice communication, and learn how to follow through from start to finish.
Sessions can be adapted for elementary through high school, including alternative education programs, after school programs, and youth leadership groups.
“Students do not need perfect examples. They need real stories, simple tools, and adults who believe they are still capable of something good even on their hardest days.”
Ashley, Founder of Savvy Pathways
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