From birth, Ashley Elliot wasn’t set up to succeed. When she was born, she was addicted to drugs due to her mother’s drug usage during her pregnancy -- an issue which carried on in much of Elliot’s childhood. Elliot’s mother bounced in and out of her life.
“[My brother and I] grew up on [government subsidies,]” Elliot told Sunshine State News.
Elliot has attended public schools, a charter school, an alternative school and now attends a private school as a result of Florida’s Tax Credit Scholarship program.