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About Me — Ashley Riley

In order to tell you about myself, I need to tell you what hurts me most to write about.

3 min readNov 26, 2020

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I Worked for a Hospital That Misdiagnosed My Son’s Chronic Condition

We spent months complaining about his spine to doctors. I trusted my colleagues beyond question. It was a terrible mistake.

8 min readNov 4, 2020

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Two side-by-side MRI images of the author’s 15 month old son. His spine is severely curved and his head tilted.

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What the past Taught Me about Living With COVID-19

Resilience is hereditary. My ancestors knew what it meant to live through struggle. It got me through my exposure to COVID-19.

5 min readDec 15, 2020

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The author’s ancestors in a black and white photograph taken as a seated portrait.

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“We are adjusting to a new normal where faces are concealed by masks, but it’s forcing us to look…

Beautiful, resounding words by Meghan Markle in her opinion piece for the New York Times, The Losses We Share. The Duchess of Sussex…

1 min readNov 25, 2020

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“We are adjusting to a new normal where faces are concealed by masks, but it’s forcing us to look…

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“Black beauty was everywhere, and so I never once lamented my Blackness or thought it made me less…

Ashley C. Ford writes about more than just her search to find a copy of Seventeen’s iconic August 1998 issue featuring Drew Barrymore. She…

1 min readNov 24, 2020

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“Black beauty was everywhere, and so I never once lamented my Blackness or thought it made me less…

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Ashley Riley

Ashley Riley

PNW video creator, digital film storyteller, and writer. MA in social policy. BA in political science. Stay-at-home mom and wife. ashelizabethriley@gmail.com

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