09/08/2026
It’s been a while since I’ve introduced myself around here. 🤍
I’m Ashley. I’m the founder of Freedom Academy, wife to Eric, and mama to the three kids standing here with us.
And five years ago, these three were a whole lot smaller when we said yes to something God had placed on our hearts.
Freedom Academy started because we believed there had to be another way to educate our children. A place where children could be known deeply, challenged individually, given room to move and create and discover, and taught to see every part of their lives through the truth of God’s Word.
We wanted an education that didn’t ask children to fit into a system, but instead asked, Who did God create this child to be, and how do we help them become that?
So we started.
And what began with our own family’s yes has become a community of families, incredible Guides, beautiful studios, worship and prayer, hard work, big ideas, muddy playground shoes, breakthroughs, friendships, laughter, and so many stories that only God could have written.
Today, we are beginning Year Five.
And these little kids who were there at the beginning? Brian is now 12 and in 7th grade. Easton is 11 and in 6th. Brooklyn is 6 and walking into 1st grade.
They’ve grown right alongside Freedom.
And so have I.
There have been a thousand moments over these five years when I have looked around and thought, Lord, You really did this.
Because Freedom Academy has never been about building my school.
It has always been about building His.
A school where Jesus isn’t an addition to the education. He is the foundation of it. Where we care deeply about academic excellence, but we know a child’s identity, character, calling, and relationship with Christ matter infinitely more than a test score.
So if you’re new here, welcome. 🤍
This is my family. This is the crazy, beautiful assignment God gave us five years ago. And it is one of the greatest privileges of my life to steward it.
We have no idea all that He has planned for Year Five.
But just like we did at the very beginning, we’re saying yes.
Freedom Academy belongs to Him.
These children belong to Him.
The story belongs to Him.