Ashley Danielle is an award-winning educator and story-sharer born in Maryland, raised in Virginia, and made a woman in Carolina. Currently based in Charlotte, her work is inspired by her ancestral connection to southeastern land. She believes deeply in the healing technology that is southern black femme storytelling, thus founded SISTORIES Litmag—an interactive Black feminist/womanist literary magazine and community writing workshop. She was the The Roll Up CLT’s 2020 resident artist and has received numerous grants for her literary work, including Press On’s Southern Media Movement Fund, and several from her local arts council.