Ashley Bell

Ashley Bell was a junior high and high school band director in Texas before becoming a physician assistant.¹ Away from clinical work, she performs improv and comedy and spends time with two dogs, a miniature dachshund and a corgi.²

She grew up in rural East Texas, where her grandfather started an HVAC company in 1957.¹ She was the first in her family to attend college, paying for it through Pell grants, music scholarships and work alongside her studies.¹ She earned her master's in physician assistant studies at Wake Forest and a Doctor of Medical Science at the University of Lynchburg.²

Her medical career has included emergency departments, primary care, rural clinics and telemedicine.¹ She has taught medicine and research at the master's and doctoral levels.¹ Atrium Health's profile identifies her as a former Physician Assistant Education Association board member and former chair of its Future Educator Fellowship.² It also records recognition for her teaching in Texas Tech's physician assistant program.²

Bell supports universal healthcare, regulation of AI and data centers, and banning congressional stock trading.³ She also advocates abortion rights and abolishing ICE in favor of a replacement agency emphasizing public safety and due process.³ She challenges Republican incumbent Pat Harrigan.⁴⁵