Ahead of the 2024 NABJ Convention and Career Fair, Ashley was honored as the recipient of the NABJ-Amazon Mid-Career Journalists Hardship Grant. This esteemed recognition celebrated Ashley's exceptional dedication to journalism and her resilience in facing industry hardships. With the grant in hand, Ashley attended the convention in Chicago, where she participated in valuable networking opportunities, including a meet-and-greet with Amazon executives.

At the 2023 Creators Connect Spotlight Awards, Ashley was honored as the recipient of the $500 business starter grant presented by The SVP Law Firm. This esteemed recognition celebrated Ashley's exceptional dedication to journalism, arts, and entertainment in South Florida. With the grant in hand, Ashley embarked on a new chapter in her entrepreneurial journey, poised to amplify her impact on the community and beyond.

The NABJ Leadership Academy's (Powered by Stellantis) goal is to provide invaluable industry knowledge and experience through mentorship by some of the country's top newsroom executives and managers to help advance careers in news leadership. For the next year, Ashley will focus on leadership, hiring and retention, business acumen, and character development as a participant in the program. Learn more.

The University of Florida Association of Black Alumni recognized Ashley with the Emerging Leader Award for her outstanding work in journalism while highlighting the UF African American Community during their annual Black Alumni Weekend in 2016.

In 2018, Ashley was awarded the 2016 Salute to Excellence Award by the National Association of Black Journalists for her front page newspaper photo of a Gainesville community protest in solidarity with the students of University of Missouri over blooming racial tensions.

NABJ Salute to Excellence National Media Awards recognizes journalism that best covers the Black experience or addresses issues affecting the worldwide Black community. See Ashley’s photo here.

The Art of Action showcase aims to use the art form of photography to amplify the voices of those women who have been silenced in both the Black Power Movement and the modern Black Lives Matter movement with a creative recreation of a popular photograph. Ashley’s “Shadows of Oppression” recreation of Bruce Davidson’s 1963 March on Washington photo received first place by the Lambda Psi chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

The University of Florida chapter of S.I.S.T.U.H.S honored Ashley with the Cultural Visionary Award during their annual Black History Month event, Nubian Queens Rock, for her extraordinary commitment to capturing the Black diaspora on campus.

In 2015, Ashley’s “Beauty of a Rose” photograph won first place in the Harn Portrait Competition. The photo was displayed at the Harn Museum of Art and in the Bishop Study Center’s Hoppè Portraits exhibition