Ashley Schumacher studies Civil Engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. Ashley grew up with one parent and a sibling in the military. She witnessed how service to the Federal Government shaped their lives and how they were able to influence the lives of the people around them. Because of this experience, she too hopes to work with the federal government, and to use her engineering skills to help people in poorer countries around the world.

In addition to her studies Ashley is currently employed by the US Army Corps of Engineers in St. Louis. She competes in Division III Cross Country and Swimming at Rose-Hulman, and is a member of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship and Engineers Without Borders. “Public service is a unique learning experience,” she says. “Whether something as small as garbage clean-up or caroling, to something as major as building houses in Mexico, it increased my self-knowledge and increased my awareness of the need in the world.”