Ashley Richards: A Brief Analysis

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Ashley Richards is an indigenous youth from Manitoba. She moved to Toronto with her mother at age 14, but left home at age 15 due to conflict with her mother. That led her to be homeless on the streets of Toronto. Later on her grandmother supported her in buying and apartment. But her grandmother was ill so she had to go back to Winnipeg, she later died. After the funeral Ashley went back to Toronto, and after being there for a couple weeks she realized, she didn’t want to live like that anymore. She wanted to make a change in her life. So she moved back to Winnipeg with an aunt. Then attended the University of Manitoba. She also holds a Bachelor of Commerce (honors). In 2014, she was a recipient of the 20th Anniversary Manitoba Aboriginal

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