Ashli Towry received their BFA in Art History with a minor in Art Therapy from the Columbus College of Art and Design and is currently receiving their MA in Art Therapy/Counseling from Southwestern College and New Earth Institute with an expected graduation date of 2025. Their artistic work has been shown in CCAD’s Chroma show and has also been featured in publications such as The Ana and Storied Stitches. They have presented their thesis, The Cowboy Chronicles: The Cultural, The Kitsch, and The Camp at the 2022 SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium. While attending Southwestern College, they received the Board of Trustees Ambassador Scholarship. Towry’s multimedia work investigates the impact of Southern American visual culture on their Queer identity.