Ashley (she/her) is a junior at Hollywood High School in California, where she is a leader with Students Demand Action. Ashley first joined Students Demand Action as a participant in the 2021 South Central Los Angeles Summer Leadership Academy. Ashley’s community is heavily impacted by gun violence and she has endured numerous active shooter threats and drills throughout her schooling years, including coming face-to-face with a shooter when she was in elementary school. In December 2021, a bus carrying students home from Hollywood High School was hit by bullets.

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