Ashia is an sunshower, a glass bead, a carnivorous plant, an overripe nectarine. Hailing from Denver, CO, Queen City of the Plains and the unceded territory of the Cheyenne, Ute and Arapahoe peoples, Ashia now lives and works as an environmental educator and storyteller in Oakland, CA, the ancestral and present lands of the Muwekma Ohlone peoples. A recipient of fellowships from AIRIE, Oak Spring Garden Foundation, SF Museum of the African Diaspora, and Just Buffalo Literary Center, Ashia's writing is a kaleidoscope their work as an eco-griot and abolitionist. They are the author of one collection of poetry, Heirloom (Write Bloody Publishing, 2023) and a forthcoming nonfiction work, Tending the Vines (Timber Press, 2026). Influenced by the Black Arts Movement, Planet Earth, femme MCs, bird song, collage art, kente cloth, and rotting fruit, Ashia's work speaks to the rich, sensory nature of Black life in communion with nature.