Ashley is a kind, caring and hardworking person. She is currently supporting herself with a part-time job at a coffee shop while she attends school. As a child and teenager Ashley experienced the death of her father, substance abuse and violence in her home, housing instability and the incarceration of two of her siblings. Ashley knew that a good education would help her break the cycle of poverty and substance abuse in her family. Ashley graduated from high school with a 3.5 GPA. She has just finished her first semester in the Medical Assistant program at the San Manuel Gateway College in San Bernardino. She will receive her certificate in March and already has a job lined up with a pediatric clinic in Loma Linda.