Ashley Fennell was born in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1984 and grew up in Pensacola, Florida near the ocean. She has one brother and one sister and received a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and a minor in Chemistry from college in Ellensburg, Washington, originally wanting to become a pediatrician. Currently she is a science teacher having traveled to many places in the US, Europe, and elsewhere due to her father's time in the military, and her goals are to complete a master's degree to become a professor or high school guidance counselor.