Ashley Rickards
A home school graduate at age 15, Ashley is a member of MENSA and a former
competitive equestrian. Her diverse film and TV roles include severely
autistic Mandy in "Fly Away", unwittingly popular, Jenna Hamilton, in MTV’s
"Awkward" and coming of rage, home school grad Bethany in "Sassy Pants". Ashley
serves on the board of directors for Project Futures’ Somaly Mam Foundation,
which works to prevent and end human trafficking and sexual slavery in
Southeast Asia and soon, worldwide. In her spare time, she writes poetry,
scripts and short stories.
