People First with Ashley Brown

Ashley Brown teaches dance and technical theatre at Brooklyn Prospect High School and is the K-12 Dance Coordinator for Prospect Schools Network. She collaborates with Shining Light as a teaching artist jail/prison facilities and as a way to process and bring awareness to those experiences, she performed at TEDxColumbiaUniversity2019. She's also served as Stage Manager for Off Broadway productions and as former director of BT Dance, a faith based dance company. She currently performs with The DynamitExperience. Ashley is a graduate of Florida State University and Spelman College, where she received an MFA in dance performance and choreography and a BA in child development, respectively. She created a full service production company, Heartworks Productions, to create and produce underrepresented stories and provide an entry point into theatrical production for middle and high students.