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Ashley Spence
Founder, DNA Justice Project
Ashley Spence is the founder of the DNA Justice Project, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit that champions forensic DNA advocacy and reform. A survivor of a violent 2003 home invasion and sexual assault at age 19 while a student at Arizona State University, Ashley endured years of uncertainty until a 2010 CODIS DNA match identified and convicted her attacker, who received nearly 138 years in prison.
Ashley is an author and victim advocate whose memoir, Silent Witness: How DNA Uncovered the Truth and Empowered My Healing, weaves her personal journey with an urgent call for DNA policy changes. As a mother residing in the Austin, Texas area, her work bridges survivor voices, science, and policy to build safer communities
