Ashley Fuchs (Stony Brook, NY) graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2022 with a BA in Political Science and Classical Studies. While at UPenn, she worked for the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law, a non-partisan organization, as editor of its flagship publication and contributed to major investigative reports, national security briefings, conferences, and academic volumes. A Benjamin Franklin Scholar and Phi Beta Kappa member, Ashley received the College Alumni Society Prize in Classical Studies; Dick Wolf Award for Best Screenplay; and Philo S. Bennett Prize for her honors thesis on prison museums. She also co-curated the Penn Museum exhibition “Heritage in Our Hands: UNESCO 50 Years Later.” An outdoor enthusiast, Ashley thru-hiked the 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail and 700 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail after graduation. She is currently working in Narva, Estonia—a Russian-speaking community located on the Estonian-Russian border—as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant.

As a Marshall Scholar, Ashley plans to study Global Crime, Justice and Security at the University of Edinburgh and Heritage Studies at the University of Cambridge.