Ashley is a Questbridge rising sophomore at Amherst College looking to declare in Political Science and Education Studies. She debated in Policy and LD for 6 years at Newark Science. In her career, she was in elimination rounds of national tournaments, received multiple round robin invites, and championed the Bronx tournament in LD in 2024. In her senior year she qualified to the TOC in LD and also received 2 bids in Policy. She was the NJ state champion in Policy debate for the last 3 years of her high school career and a 2x NSDA qualifier in Policy. She has the most background in structural and identity kritiks such as Wilderson, Weheliye, and Wynter, but is also excited to talk about foundational policy skills. Last year, she taught at VBI and Harvard, and is excited to join the NSD team this year!