About me
"Ashli Givens is a Playworker and Speech and Language Pathologist who, along with her partner, Maggie Fuller, founded the non-profit organization Rooted in Play. After spending two decades working with children to resolve their communication difficulties, she intimately understands children’s developmental needs and the importance of play in meeting those needs. Her experience as a homeschooling mother to three boys fostered a passionate belief in the role that autonomy, community, and creativity play in a child’s development.
Ashli holds a Master of Science degree in Communication Disorders. She puts this to use at Rooted in Play, developing programming that provides space, time, and place for children to engage in self-directed play. She passionately advocates for continuous learning and lives out that value by participating in Playworker trainings and avidly researching all things play. "