Founder · Creator · ASL Interpreter
I’m Ashley. I turn problems I’ve lived, witnessed, and had to solve into tools, products, and stories that help people build a life that fits.
Start with my storyThe story underneath the work
I didn’t become a founder because I had one perfect business idea. I became one because I couldn’t stop imagining better ways to help people.
For more than eight years, I built a career as a certified ASL interpreter—work that taught me how much access, clarity, and human connection matter. It also showed me the gaps people are left inside, and the physical and emotional cost of caring work.
Then tendinitis began changing how much work my body could hold. Divorce and the loss of the life I had planned left me rebuilding in my 30s. I stopped treating those ruptures as proof that I had failed—and started asking what they had taught me to build.
The throughline
Witnessed communication gaps became healthcare tools.
Lived strain and burnout became interpreter wellness.
Documented reinvention became writing and creator resources.
Where should you start?
The venture shelf
Not one niche. One way of working: notice where people are left unsupported, then build something useful.
Healthcare language tool
Real-time Spanish support that helps clinicians communicate when an interpreter isn’t immediately available.
Why I built itAfter years of seeing the small but critical moments that happen after an interpreter leaves, I wanted to help patients feel directly acknowledged—not only translated to.
Interpreter wellness + coaching
A growing education and coaching company helping interpreters protect their bodies, process the emotional load of the work, and build longer, healthier careers.
Why I built itBuilt from my own tendinitis, hypermobility, and the realization that career longevity means protecting the whole interpreter—body and mind.
Creator operating system
A practical content workspace for choosing the job of a post, tracking ideas, and building with more intention.
Why I built itI was building several ideas at once and needed a calmer way to turn scattered content into intentional experiments.
I turn my own experiments into practical resources—without pretending I had the answer before I tested it.
A field guide for small creators who want to understand why one post connects and another disappears.
Why it existsI started with zero followers and documented what happened instead of pretending I already knew the formula.
View The Threads ExperimentA free, fillable workbook to help you choose, shape, and test a digital product before you overbuild it.
Why it existsStarting over taught me that a first product doesn’t have to rescue you. It can simply replace the feeling of being stuck.
View The Product MapWriting on Substack
My products come from the problems I can see. My writing comes from the parts I had to feel: love, attachment, identity, grief, work, and becoming someone new without erasing who I was before.
Explore all of Ashley in ProcessFeatured essay
“I’ve been thinking about the moments that change a relationship before anyone is ready to admit it.”
“The first crack in a relationship rarely looks like the ending. Not because they hate you or lack care, but because caring and capacity are not always the same thing.”Continue reading
A possible next chapter
I’m exploring a small, hands-on mentorship rooted in the process I used myself: turn what you already know into something you own, narrow the offer, and test real interest before you overbuild.
If this sounds like the kind of support you’ve been looking for, tell me a little about what you’re building.
No commitment—just a thoughtful first conversation.Collaborate with me
I’m open to thoughtful conversations about healthcare access, interpreter wellness, workshops, creator collaborations, speaking, advisory opportunities, and aligned partnerships.