Who Is Ashley Evans?

So, I'm Sure you all Want to know exactly, Who is Ashley Evans? I'm sure you want to know more about me as a person and author and dig deep into my journey, my motivation and inspiration for creating my poetry book "The unpolished Diamond". No problem! That's why I'm here to inspire and motivate. I'm Literally a "Open Book". I'm Very transparent, I been this way all my life. The unpolished diamond is very transparent as well. REAL & RAW. I speak about Real life struggles I faced throughout my life, all the Betrayal, Hurt, Hate, setbacks, Family betrayal and feeling alone going through my journey. I'm going to give you guys some background on who I am. I was born September 23rd, 1989, Bread in New Orleans, Louisiana and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I got my GED in 2008 and graduated from Kaplan College in 2010 with a certificate in medical office specialist. After Graduating from college I didn't pursue in my chosen field. I actually got into a relationship that ended up lasting 10 years , But it was a very toxic, codependent situation. I fell in love with that person hard!! and now that I look back it actually took away my own identity and slowed me down from my purpose and my dreams. During that relationship I experienced Betrayal, heartbreak, codependency, dealing with a emotional manipulator, people becoming jealous of the relationship and I also experienced loosing myself in the process. For 10 years I was emotionally and mentally stuck on a toxic individual who ultimately didn't mean me any good. That relationship took a lot out of me but I'm extremely GRATEFUL for the experience because I learned a lot about myself and who I am. I'm grateful for the day he walked away from me after 10 years with no explanation just confusion and heartbreak. Why am so grateful for the pain? I was forced to find myself, Love myself, Develop myself and just see things for what it was. It was a spiritual lesson for me to LOVE MYSELF and break the pattern of being codependent. After that heartbreak, I was forced to focus on me. That's exactly what I did. It caused a spiritual awakening. I woke up to my self worth, who I am, my self identity and self love. On top of dealing with a emotional manipulator for 10 years I also dealt with a Jealous narcissistic mother. I was always the black sheep and was treated differently. It was definitely a childhood womb I had to heal. I'm glad I did. I'm proud of myself for not giving up on myself even when everyone turned their back on me. My life challenges, setbacks, and storms is what motivated me to write the unpolished diamond because I know for a fact if I made out my storm you can too!!!