KIDS LIFE COACH | EDUCATOR | AUTHOR | SPEAKER
Helping Kids Do Harder, Necessary Things With Better Attitudes
Ashley is an emotional agility coach for for children ages 8 to 17. Her work centers on helping young people do the harder, necessary things—schoolwork, friendships, family challenges, self-expression, responsibility, emotional honesty, and personal growth—with better attitudes and stronger internal skills. She has worked with hundreds of children and families from a variety of backgrounds in the past 17 years. She served as a Family Support Specialist in San Francisco Unified before leaving her position in 2021 to build Educate to Invigorate.
She is a San Francisco native with Garifuna roots in Trujillo, Honduras, and American Southern roots in Mississippi. She is an enthusiastic educator at Meadows Livingstone School in San Francisco, CA. She is also a proud alumna of Howard University and Brown University.
Every child deserves more than potential — they deserve the tools, practice, and courage to use it. They also are worthy of emotional and mental support without having to perform, saying all the right things and having all the answers. I was one of those kids who thought if I could say the right thing or be silent, I could achieve the goals set for me. But I needed more than words, just like your kid needs more than words. I needed joyful, skill-building experiences that helped me face challenges with courage and optimism.
So, I developed Educate to Invigorate for the children who freeze when asked to participate, avoid hard things, struggle to explain what they feel, worry about being wrong, and have great potential but need help building confidence through action. In sessions, children practice speaking up, making decisions, solving problems, moving through frustration, trying again, and reflecting on what helped them succeed. Activities include movement-based challenges, guided conversation, problem solving activities, and playful experiences that help children practice life skills in real time.
I created the kind of support I needed as a child — not pressure to have the right answers, but practice to build bravery and self-trust to take the next step. Educate to Invigorate helps children move from silence to self-trust, from avoidance to action, and from uncertainty to courage.
Problems Ashley Solves With Families, Educators, and Organizations
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Ashley's private mastermind-level high-school aged students who entered middle school, high school, and college with a better understanding of their attributes, skills, and tools for post-secondary success
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Students in elementary school and middle school who complete and stay ahead of their course work despite learning differences and academic giftedness with Ashley's individualized instruction and care
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Students who struggled with emotional agility during rigorous school assignments and less-preferred housework-related assignments, and demonstrated stronger emotional self-regulation abilities after applying Ashley's tools with their teachers and families
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of students who increase their attentional control, emotional self-regulation, and hand-eye coordination for completing math- and science-related coursework with Ashley's instruction and care
"Ashley's teaching style is refreshing. I appreciate her teaching us about brain health and not just trauma." - H. B., San Francisco Expanded Learning Teacher
"I appreciate learning how search for meaning occurs through patterning, implying that the brain is designed to perceive and generate patterns." - Burlingame School District Middle School Teacher
"Ashley is very engaging. I appreciate slowing down movement for exuberant high-energy children." - Burlingame School District Elementary School Teacher
Ashley was featured on KQED Public Radio to share a perspective on who she is and how her parents inspired her career.
Listen at https://www.kqed.org/perspectives
The 5-Day Challenge addresses emotions and behavior challenges in a fun and engaging way. It is a self-awareness plan designed for teachers and families to use together with students. It blends executive functioning, emotional awareness, and career-connected learning while helping students practice working through timed, less-preferred, or rigorous tasks like schoolwork and housework.
This plan accompanies the content of A-Maze-In Me, which is designed to support students in optimizing their growth mindsets and socioemotional abilities.
Raising Resilient Learners: Self-Awareness Tools for Kids and Adults
Many of the behaviors we see are related to a lack of self-awareness. This resource helps parents and educators build the skills that are needed for behavior improvement. It is my latest compilation of verbal and nonverbal responses you can implement today to help your children build the adaptability, courage, persistence, and decisiveness they need to thrive.
Adrienne R., Martinez, CA, Mother of 2
Patrice H. San Francisco, CA, Mother of 2
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