Ashley Lashley is a 21-year-old advocate who focuses on social development issues related to health, environment, children, and women’s rights. She began her youth activist journey at the age of 16 when the Barbados Schools against Non-Communicable Diseases was established. In 2020, Ashley founded HEY (Healthy and Environmentally Friendly Youth), a global climate change and health campaign seeking to build bridges between youth in the Caribbean and around the world. Schools against Non-Communicable Diseases and the HEY Campaign have both become major projects under the Ashley Lashley Foundation.