Ashley Newman is twenty-four years old and is working on her teaching credential through California State University, Sacramento. She is a graduate of the University of California, Davis, where she received her Bachelor’s degree in communications with a triple minor in English, history and writing.

Ashley is currently working in the San Juan Unified School District, where she teaches English at the high school level. She also coaches two high school speech and debate teams in the Yuba-Sutter area. Ashley enjoys working with teens on an educational level, but is particularly passionate about mentoring these young adults. As a volunteer for Big Brothers Big Sisters and a strong advocate for teen mentoring programs, Ashley is currently helping to start a non-profit organization that deals with mentoring youth-at-risk.

At a young age, Ashley was introduced to ventriloquism by a member of her church. After years of being fascinated by the talent, Ashley began practicing for hours in front of a mirror and began studying the routines of various famous ventriloquists. Now, as a self-taught ventriloquist, Ashley enjoys entertaining audiences with her puppet, Granny Mildred. As Miss Sacramento County, Ashley is especially excited to perform ventriloquism when she visits the Children’s Miracle Network hospital of Sacramento.

                       

                                 
                 Ashley Newman
        Miss Sacramento County  2013