Vans Authentic (Pride Gallery)

Beschreibung

Sohle: Gummi, Obermaterial: Textil BACKGROUND INFO
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Ashley is a illustrator and visual artist born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. She is currently
based in Echo Park, Los Angeles.
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Ashley uses illustrations and visual art as a tool to strengthen social movements for racial justice,
immigrant justice, climate justice, mental health and LGBTQIA+ liberation.
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While attending University of Southern California, Ashley studied international relations and
political science. Back then, she was convinced that pursuing a “serious” career was the only
way to create the change that she hoped to achieve. During her last semester at USC, Ashley
decided to take an elective course in graphic design and found that design came naturally to her.
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
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Ashley has collaborated with Planned Parenthood NY, Times UP for Equal Pay in CA
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Ashleys philosophy is that in order to tear down harmful systems, we need to be able to envision a
world without them. She loves to draw what that world looks like.