Who I Am...

My name is Ashley Dial and I was born in 1989 in Denver, CO. I was born in raised in Lakewood, CO, and I didn't move until I went to college at 18. I moved to Colorado Springs, CO, about an hour and fifteen minutes from home, and I started to attend the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. I graduated with a BA in English with a minor in History in December of 2010, a semester early. Bored, and afraid of the real world, I stayed at the school and took a poetry graduate course. After that semester I began to attend Pikes Peak Community College and worked on obtaining my Basic American Sign Language Certification. I graduated with this in May of 2012.

Luckily, a professor at the community college had noticed my potential and offered me a job as a Professional Tutor in the writing center on campus. He then recommended me to the Chair of the English Department to be an Adjunct English Instructor. I graciously accepted this job and taught for a year. I fell in love with this job!

Backing tracking a few years, I met my husband in November of 2008 while working together. He and I began to date in May of 2009, we were engaged in June of 2010 and finally married in August of 2012. My husband is a special forces officer in the United States Air Force. He loves his job, and I love him, so now we live in Killen, TX, which I do not love. Due to his job I had to say goodbye to my amazing job, and now I am a substitute teacher for the school district in Killeen. Subbing has reminded me how much I love teaching adults. In order to make teaching college a full time job I need my masters degree, which is why I now attend Tiffin University. The fact that it is online works wonderful with being a military wife.

I will be moving back to Colorado in a few months due to my husband going on his first deployment...I am not excited for him to go. Good news is that I was offered my amazing job back and I accepted!

I am not saying that graduate school will be easy because that would be a lie. But now is the best time for me to get my masters. My husband will be deployed, so the only other thing to worry about is my adorable boxer puppy, Esme. I will be working as an adjunct, so I will not be overloaded with work, and I will be close to family and have a wonderful network of support!

I can't wait for this wonderfully terrifying journey to begin!