Ashlyn began dancing at the age of three, and is trained in jazz/lyrical, tap, ballet, pointe, hip-hop, modern/contemporary and musical theater. She was a competitive dancer for eight years in the Technique Intensive program at Young Dance Academy in Oak Creek, WI. She won many individual and team awards while in the program and has had the opportunity to travel around the country for competitions, conventions and master classes. She spent five summers training in New York City, including two summers with the Radio City Rockettes. During her senior year in high school, Ashlyn was a member of the award-winning Greendale Poms and received individual honors including 4th Runner-Up Miss Badgerette and 2nd Place Senior at the WI Spirit Championship.