Ash is a researcher studying human behavior, feminist-digital futures, and the psychic phenomena emergent in grief, death, and near-death experiences.
Research + Insights Lead; Fueled Digital
Co-Founder, Sky Meadow Green Burial Cemetery
Microsoft
Penn Medicine
Harvard Global Health Institute
NYS Olympic Regional Development Authority
NYC Mayor’s Office of Technology and Innovation
NYC Department of Small Business Services
NYC Department of Education
NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings
NYC Mayor's Office of Food Policy
NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity
Connecticut State Department of Education
NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
WE NYC
New York Blood Center
Buffalo Public Schools
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Oakland Unified School District
EnrollWise
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
South Puget Sound Community College
World Science U
Seventh Sense Care Collective
The Rodin Museum
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Society for Neuroscience
2024 - 2025
- Edtech Awards - Enrollment and Admissions Solution (EnrollWise) - Both years
- Anthem Awards Silver - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (WE NYC)
- Anthem Community Voice Awards Finalist - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (WE NYC)
2023
- Webby Awards Honoree - Learning & Education Software (EnrollWise, Oakland USD)
- W3 Awards Gold and Silver - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (WE NYC); Schools & Universities (South Puget Sound Community College), Local Government (NYC Workforce Data Portal)
- Summit International Award Gold - Government Website (NYC Workforce Data Portal)
- Davey Awards Silver - Social Responsibility (Carnegie Corporation), Government (Workforce Data Portal), Schools & Universities (South Puget Sound), Social Good (State of Childhood Obesity)
- Communicator Awards of Excellence - Education (EnrollWise, Oakland USD), Health & Wellness (NY Blood Center), Medical & Pharmaceutical (NY Blood Center), Non-Profit (NY Blood Center), Causes & Awareness (State of Childhood Obesity)
- Web Excellence Awards - Diversity & Inclusion (WE NYC), Government (WE NYC), Education (EnrollWise, Oakland USD), E-Government (EnrollWise, Oakland USD)
- Anthem Awards Silver - Education Innovation (MySchools NYC)
2020 - 2021
- W3 Awards Gold - Local Government (WE NYC, MySchools NYC), Web Applications/Services (MySchools NYC)
- W3 Awards Silver - Non-Profit (Carnegie Corporation, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund), Local Government (Center for Justice Innovation), Environmental Awareness (Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund)
- Webby Awards Honoree - Government & Civil Innovation (MySchools NYC)
- Summit Creative Awards Silver - Government Websites (MySchools NYC)
- Communicator Award of Distinction - Education (MySchools NYC)
2015 - 2019
- Webby Awards Honoree - Charitable Organizations (Carnegie Corporation)
- Muse Award Gold - Education (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
- The President's Award - Creative Entrepreneurship (University of the Arts)
- Horizon Interactive Awards - Silver: Advocacy/Non-Profit (Genetic Alliance); Bronze: Mobile Apps, Health & Human Services (Genetic Alliance)
MFA
The University of the Arts
BFA
Tyler School of Art + Architecture
End of Life Vigil Training
Seventh Sense Care Colective
Death Doula Certification
The International End of Life Doula Association
Systems Thinking Certification
IDEO
ERESHKIGAL’S GARDEN
2026
Creativity + Grief
2022 - 2025
Everyone is an Artist
2022 - 2025
Designing Ecology at the End of Life: a Green Burial Guide
2022 - 2025
UX Thinking for Spatial Experiences
Tyler School of Art + Architecture
2022
‘The Social Museum: Human-Computer Interaction in Object-Oriented Spaces’
2015
‘Sculp-ture’; made possible by the Temple University Dean’s Grant
2013
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