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Meet Ashlee Uden
Program Staff
Ashlee Uden grew up with a loving family who instilled good morals and values in her. There was no real reason for her to go down the path she did, however, in high school she got involved in the party scene and started hanging around the wrong crowd. She started skipping school and disobeying her parents. At age 17 she dropped out of school and started working full-time. A co-worker introduced her to cocaine and heroin for the first time. This was the beginning of a downward spiral that lasted over a decade. She got arrested and went to jail for the first time at age 18 and the cycle began, multiple rehabs, 25+ jail stays, and 3 prison sentences later... By the age of 28, she had already spent over 5 years incarcerated.
She was accepted and afforded by her Judge, the opportunity of a lifetime. Arriving at TOSA on June 12, 2017, she worked hard at re-learning the morals and values she had once known as a kid: honesty, integrity, accountability, selflessness, having compassion for others, and not running from things when they got hard or uncomfortable. She gained a special responsibility to mentor and teach the new women, this ignited her passion for helping others. Nearing the end of her initial 2-yr commitment she committed to staying longer and was invited to be a part of the leadership team to help launch the Denver campus. After completing 4 years as a student Ashlee was hired as a staff member in June of 2021