Ashley Elizabeth Allen (she/her) has been a life-long physical theater maker and professional play facilitator. She moved to Chicago from Southern California in 2018 and hasn't looked back. She loves working with children through the lens of creative play, and comes to CircEsteem with a varied background in theater management, direction, and choreography, yoga and partner acrobatics, early childhood education, one-on-one youth mentorship and tutoring, and a wide range of performative movement disciplines. Thanks for helping to make the Windy City her beloved home away from home.