Ashlea Deahl

With the exception of a brief stint writing for The Boston Globe and Cape Cod Times in Massachusetts, Ashlea has lived in the Phoenix area for 20 years. She graduated from ASU with a degree in journalism, after which she landed a job as an assistant editor at McMurry Publishing in Phoenix. When the managing editor of Phoenix magazine decided not to return from her maternity leave, Ashlea jumped at the chance to work for the publication, which she had interned for in college and continued to freelance for since. Just a year and a half later, opportunity struck again when the editor-in-chief position opened. Another year and a half later, Ashlea is still happily in that position, where she says she intends to stay until either they kick her out or there’s nothing left to write about in Phoenix. If she weren’t in journalism, Ashlea says she would pursue her other love – animals – and would go back to school to study zoology. Ashlea lives in the Coronado historic district with two cats, a feisty Terrier and a grumpy but lovable lab/retriever.

 

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