Ashley Albert, Founder of Stolen Children’s Month

Ashley De Anna Albert is a visionary mother, abolitionist, and founder of Stolen Children’s Month. Through Stolen Children’s Month, Ashley seeks to reclaim what has been stolen from us: our children, our joy, our lineage, and our rights to raise our babies in peace. 

Ashley’s story is one of survival, power, and reclamation. When she was just six months old, Ashley’s father was stolen from her, a loss which profoundly shaped her childhood. As a child, Ashley was impacted by the foster system, youth incarceration, mental health struggles, and domestic violence. The harms of family separation followed Ashley into adulthood, when she was forced to endure incarceration and the foster system as a parent. She has since fought tirelessly to be reunified with her children. This is why Ashley holds close the stories of every child and parent who’s been erased, misunderstood, or discarded.

Through her lived experience, Ashley has emerged as a fierce movement leader, advocate, and organizer. Ashley is the Founder of Ascending Healing and Justice, a transformative justice practice grounded in truth-telling and advocacy, and a Storyteller in Residence with Movement for Family Power. Her work centers abolition, reproductive justice, and deep spiritual healing. She is also a national speaker, curriculum developer, and trainer—guiding systems-impacted communities toward liberation.

Ashley carries the memory of her sister, Angel, who passed too soon, but whose love and light continue to guide her purpose. Every day, Ashley leads with love, rage, and a fierce commitment to memory. Her life’s work is a refusal to be forgotten—and a promise that no one else will be either.