Dara Ashley
Founder & Executive Director of The Dara Ashley Foundation; PhD candidate in biomedical sciences at UTMB focused on closing access gaps for underrepresented college students through mentorship, scholarships, and leadership development.
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Jun 30, 2026
Kyle KingHOST
Like for you, what did you see that was missing in the system that made you say like, all right, I got to build this?
Dara AshleyGUEST
when it was just really clear to me when I was at Howard University, I was a student and it brought together so many different communities that had so many different walks of life.
Dara AshleyGUEST
And I went from the South to the East coast and people just had very different upbringings than I had.
Dara AshleyGUEST
I'll just never forget the time that one time I was on the phone with my mom and I was just talking to her about my day, regular things that I found very regular.
Dara AshleyGUEST
And I got off that call and my college roommate said, dang, you talk to your mom about stuff like that? I was like, absolutely.
6 MINS LATER
Kyle KingHOST
What are you doing to get there? What can the audience listening in do to help you be able to achieve that goal as well?