All about Ashley...

Ashley Hengst is passionate about shepherding people through life’s biggest challenges and helping them develop a healthy, life-giving theology. Through working in pastoral care and teaching Christian liberation theology on her podcast, the Unlearning Podcast, Ashley lives out her passion for helping others. Ashley is a Cuban American from Miami, FL and a proud Eagle, having earned her undergraduate degree in English from  North Carolina Central University. Ashley has also earned an MFA in film production from the                   Academy of Art University and a Master of Divinity from Claremont School of Theology.

 For the first 10 years of her professional life, Ashley worked for the YMCA doing everything from teaching PE,  STEM, swim lessons, leading a summer camp and coaching staff.  After her career at the Y, Ashley transitioned to working with cancer families at the St. Baldrick's Foundation, helping families share their experience to raise funds for childhood cancer grants. These days, Ashley officiates weddings and funerals, teaches various aspects of liberation theology on her podcast, and is working on her first fiction novel. When she is not working and writing, Ashley enjoys boxing, photography, cooking, and spending time with friends and family.

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