Community Hero
Vision & Purpose Community Magazine Celebrates Our Community Hero! Vision & Purpose Community Magazine (VPCM): What would you like our readers to know about you? Ashly Barrow (AB): Ashley Barrow has over 16 years of personal and professional experience in the transfer of care planning. She spent most of her career helping individuals who have critical care needs compounded with social barriers transition through the multilayered discharge planning and the community care planning process. In 2020, she founded the digital health platform RE-Assist which integrates the case manager, patient, and service provider in one application. 9/2022 was selected as a MIT Solver Team. VPCM: What is your greatest strength/asset? AB: My greatest strength is moving forward and never giving up.
Adovacate * Loving * Fearless
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VPCM: How do you use your gift/talent to give back to the community? AB: We work in the community with senior and disabled housing units to provide post-acute help sessions that hope to prevent hospitalizations and improve quality of life. We also volunteer at the ALMS Christin Church Loves Way Community Food Pantry as well as work with WeThrive Forest Park. During the holiday season, we also partner with our local dignitaries and other organizations to give out food distributions throughout the county. VPCM: What does community mean to you? SP: Community means belonging, love, hope, and building a better future.