Phoenix based; available for work in Latin America and the American Southwest.
+14808334800
ashponders@gmail.com
Memberships and Accreditations
- Juntos Photo Cooperative
- National Press Photographer Association
- Frontline Freelance Register
- National Association of Hispanic Journalists
- Diversify Photo
- Photo Bill of Rights Author and Signatory
Trainings, Seminars, Workshops and Grants
- Initial Photo Editor - Smithsonian Photo Contest - October-December 2022
- Basic Outdoor Rock Climbing - Arizona Mountaineering Club - October 2022
- Co-ordinator Diversify Portfolio Portfolio Review - October 2022
- Ascending for Photography - Lady Lockoff - July 2022
- Kalish Workshop - Reynolds Journalism Institute scholar - June 2022
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Horizon Shortlisted - Natural History Museum, London - May 2022
- Danielle Villasana Intensive Workshop - May 2022
- Wildland Fire Training for Journalists - Reuters / Key Objectives - April 2022
- Northern Short Course - March 2022
- Kidnap for Ransom Avoidance and Survival Training - Disney/National Geographic - March 2022
- Nat Geo Storytellers Summit - National Geographic - January 2022
- PADI Open Water SCUBA - Dr. Jason Gulley - January 2022
- Eddie Adams Workshop XXXIV student - October 2021
- NPPF Grantee - May 2021
- Northern Exposure - Hubbard School - April 2021
- WPOW Seminar and Portfolio Review - WPOW - April 2021
- Covering Riots and Civil Unrest - Dart Center - January 2021
- Field Safety and Security - NPPA - January 2021
- Nat Geo Storytellers Summit - National Geographic - January 2021
- Online Harassment: Strategies for Journalists’ Defense - Knight Center - November & December 2020
- NPPA Mentorship Program Mentee - NPPA - October 2020 -2021
- Protest, Civil Disobedience, and Riot Training - Dow Jones - October 2020
- Mountain Workshops - September 2020
- Covering Protests in a Time of COVID-19 - Key Objective/ Reuters - August 2020
- IWMF United States Journalism Grantee 2020
- Legal training for reporters covering protests - RCFP - July 2020
- Legal training for reporters covering the DNC - RCFP - July 2020
- Hostile Environment and First Aid - Silkroad Training/ ACOS - June 2020
- Arizona Commission on the Arts Arizona Artists and Arts Professionals Grantee 2020
- PPE Training - Dow Jones - June 2020
- Infection Control Workshop - Key Objectives/ Reuters - May 2020
- Boreal Bash V: Coxcatlan - Boreal Collective - December 2018
- Los Gundlauckners: Oaxaca - November 2017