Ash Rucker

Ash Rucker received a bachelor’s in Fashion Merchandising from Buffalo State University and the Fashion Institute of Technology. After graduating, Ash moved to New York and interned for Betsy Johnson, W magazine, and designer Mara Hoffman after shortly settling at Loreal. Since then Ash has shifted careers and is the founder of a non-profit organization Therapart. Working with youth has been impacted by the criminal justice system. Ash has recently completed a fellowship at the New School and Columbia University with her work centered around healing through modalities such as somatic-based movement, meditation, and art therapy practices. Aside from working with the youth, Ash holds somatic-based movement classes in NYC, LA, Mexico, and Europe which has led her down a path of intuitive-based movement direction. Ash uses her deep study of movement to develop her unique intuitive-led movement direction and facilitator. Ash has worked with brands such as Loewe, Rag & Bone, and photographer Ryan McGinley and recently performed at the New Museum. Ash is known to many as an energetic architect of the mind, body, and soul.