Ash joined SwRI in 2026, following her completion of her B.S. in Physics at Arizona State University. She previously supported Lucy Mission Outreach through the L’SPACE program, working as both an advisor and project automation lead, specializing in mission programmatics. She has also led and supported conditional flight hardware testing, including working as an instrument operator for TVAC tests, and a test design engineer for simulation and vibe procedures. Now part of SwRI’s Proposal and Project Administration team, Ash is supporting technical and programmatic staff with large mission scheduling, cost analysis, and earned value management reporting. Ash is currently working to support SwSCOR, DIMPLE, and JEDI.