Ashante is a queer dynamic speaker, survivor-leader, trauma clinician, and Black changemaker from NJ creating safer environments and systems of care for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ survivors of trafficking. She is the Founder and Executive Director of You Are More Than Inc, a 2021 Echoing Green Fellow, and an internationally recognized expert in racial and gender justice work.

As the Founder and Executive Director of You Are More Than Inc, she is a nationally recognized expert in racial and gender justice and, over the last eleven years, has worked diligently to improve the lives of marginalized survivors of domestic trafficking and sex workers nationally. 

Ashante is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a master’s degree in counseling for mental health and wellness and a post-master’s advanced certificate in LGBT health, education, and social services from New York University.