Ashly Castillo yog ib tug kawm tiav tsis ntev los no los ntawm San Francisco State University nrog bachelor's degree hauv kev noj qab haus huv pej xeem. Yug hauv San Francisco thiab loj hlob hauv Philippines, nws tau rov qab los rau California thaum nws kawm tiav qib kaum ob ntawm high school. Ashly mob siab rau kev txhawb nqa cov hluas thiab mob siab rau kev txhim kho pej xeem kev noj qab haus huv thiab txhawb cov zej zog. Yav dhau los nws tau ua haujlwm hauv nws lub xyoo laus hauv tsev kawm qib siab nrog yli, qhov uas nws tau txais kev nkag siab zoo rau kev ua haujlwm ntawm ntau yam kev pab cuam txhawm rau txhawb cov tub ntxhais hluas. Los ntawm nws txoj haujlwm nrog San Mateo County Tobacco Education Coalition's Youth Advisory Group, Ashly tsom mus rau kev txo qis kev haus luam yeeb ntawm cov hluas thiab txhawb nws cov phooj ywg kom paub txog kev xaiv noj qab haus huv.
Nyob rau hauv nws lub sijhawm dawb, Ashly nyiam mus ncig, siv sijhawm ntawm lub puam nrog phooj ywg thiab tsev neeg, thiab tshawb nrhiav cov zaub mov tshiab.