A Lifetime resident of the district, Amy is a 1991 graduate of Edgewood High School. Amy continued her education at Ohio University for two years then transferred to the University of Cincinnati and graduated there in 1995 with a BS in Criminal Justice and a minor in Sociology. She attended and graduated from Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University in 1999.
Married to Matt Ashcraft, a 1991 graduate of Edgewood, the Ashcraft's have twin girls, Brooklyn and Emily, and twin boys, Coulter and Cory.
Amy has represented children for the last 12 years as a Juvenile attorney and as a Guardian ad Litem for children who have been removed from their parents. In July 2018, she joined Parachute: Butler County CASA as the Assistant Executive Director and Staff Attorney. Parachute provides volunteer advocates for children who have been neglected and abused. Amy will also continue to be a Guardian ad Litem.
She is currently the Treasurer for Edgewood Baseball and Softball Association.