Ash is a researcher studying human behavior, feminist digital futures, and the psychic phenomena emergent at end of life.

current roles
Research + Insights Lead; Fueled Digital

Co-Founder, Sky Meadow Green Burial Cemetery

CLIENTS_

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

AWARDS_

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)

CREDENTIALS_

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

TALKS, PUBLICATIONS, CURRICULA_

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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