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Page 1 of 2 <br />Ashley Nissler <br />Volunteer Application <br />Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br />Name: <br />Name Called: <br />Home Address: <br />Phone (Day): <br />Phone (Evening): <br />Phone (Cell): <br />Email: <br />Place of Employment: <br />Job Title: <br />Year of OC Residence: <br />Township of Residence: <br />Zone of Residence: <br />Sex: <br />Mrs. Ashley Nissler <br />2313 Woodbury Drive <br />Hillsborough NC 27278 <br />919- 245 -3695 <br />ranissler @mindspring.com <br />Self- employed <br />Writer <br />1999 <br />Hillsborough <br />Hillsborough Town Limits <br />Female <br />Ethnic Background: Caucasian <br />Boards /Commissions applied for: <br />Arts Commission <br />I began my writing career as an Orange County resident and believe that <br />the vibrant community fostered here has been critical to my development. <br />Not only did I receive an Emerging Artist s Grant from the Durham Arts <br />Council, I also served the following year on the selection committee. I have <br />written and published short stories for children in Ladybug and Cricket; <br />poetry in /at literarymama, Poemeleon, Tar River Poetry, New World <br />Writing (formerly BLIP ), and The Mom Egg; my flash fiction, one which <br />was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, has been published in /at The Black <br />Boot, Vestal Review, Nailpolish Stories, and Dogzplot. In addition to <br />writing, I have translated texts and edited manuscripts. I received my B.A. <br />from Davidson College in 1992, served as a Teaching Assistant through <br />Fulbright in the former East Germany from 1992 through 1994), and earned <br />my M.A. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1996. This summer I will <br />begin work towards an M.F.A. in writing through Warren Wilson s low - <br />residency program. Thank you for your time and consideration. It would be <br />an honor to serve my community. <br />Community Activities /Organizational Memberships: <br />PTA and PTSO member at Hillsborough Elementary School and A.L. Stanback Middle <br />School, member Olin T. Binkley Baptist Church (was Co -Chair of Christian Formation <br />Committee, formerly Christian Education Committee, from 2010 through 2012 and have <br />also taught there -- please feel free to contact Stephanie Ford, Binkley s Minister of <br />Christian Formation if you need a reference) <br />Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br />