Ashley Howell Bunn (she/they) started as the Youth Program Coordinator at Lighthouse Writers Workshop in December 2024. She completed her MFA in poetry through Regis University and holds an MA in Literature from Northwestern University. She has a background in Montessori education and has worked with all ages, from elementary to high school. She is an E-RYT certified yoga guide trained in a variety of styles including Yin, Yoga Nidra, Yoga of Recovery, and restorative yoga. She is also a certified somatic coach. 

Her chapbook, in coming light, was published in 2022 by Middle Creek Press  and her full-length collection, burning, breaking, building  was published in 2026 by South Broadway Press.  Her work has received support from Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and Sundress Publications. She is an adjunct instructor of English at the Community College of Denver. When she isn’t writing, she is practicing yoga, running in the sunshine, playing with her kids, or daydreaming and staring off into space.