Ashley Loy was born and raised in Arkansas. She always had a passion for standing up for others who needed help, and she felt that passion could best be served by becoming an attorney and truly advocating for those who need assistance. While enrolled in the night program at William H. Bowen School of Law, Ashley worked as an adjudicator for Social Security Administration’s Disability Determination Services (DDS). She became intimately familiar with Social Security’s rules and regulations and how the Administration decided who was eligible for benefits. After working for DDS for over five years, she learned how the decision-making process could sometimes play out unfairly for many people who deserved benefits.