Ashley Parker Washington Post :: Married, Engaged, Husband, Bio, Age

August 24, 2024

Personal Information Summary
Name	Ashley Parker
Eyebrows	It was a GIF of Ashley Parker’s facial expressions and eyebrows that became viral.
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB	Born in 1982. As of 2024, she is around 42 years old.
Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Engaged / Fiance / Partner	Married. Check the full bio for relationship details.
What newspaper did Ashley Parker work for?	She was a features editor and writer for both 34th Street Magazine and The Daily Pennsylvanian, an independent student newspaper
Children / No. of Kids	1
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race	White
Nationality	American

Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

An esteemed Pulitzer Prize Winner, Ashley Rebecca Parker, is a renowned American journalist originally from Bethesda, Maryland.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

Ashley was born in the year 1982 & her high schooling was done at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland.
In 2018, Ashley got married to Michael Charles Bender, who is also a White House Reporter. There is a five-year age difference between the two. This was also Michael’s second marriage.
The pair had first met in 2015 but started dating only in 2017.
Ashley is the daughter of parents Betty A. Parker and Bruce J. Parker. Her dad retired as the president and CEO of Environmental Industries Association, a trade association in Washington. Her mom worked as a gardener in the Washington area.

Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info

Ashley completed her high schooling was done in Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland.
She spent her junior year at La Universidad de Sevilla, in Spain. As a result, she became fluent in Spanish.
Later, she graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2005. She got her Bachelor’s degree in English and Communications, specifically focusing on Creative Writing. Parker also received the Benjamin Franklin Scholarship & was also awarded with Nora Magrid Mentorship Prize for writing in her senior year.
Ashley interned with The New York Sun and Gaithersburg Gazette.
She was also the feature editor and writer for 34th Street Magazine and The Daily Pennsylvanian – an Independent Newspaper run by students of University of Pennsylvania.

Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :

Ashley’s first professional experience came about as a researcher for Maureen Dowd, a columnist for The New York Times and a renowned author.
Following this in October 2005, she started writing for The New York Times Magazine.
Ashley has also made intermittent appearances on Washington Week on PBS Network.
Besides this, she has written for several publications such as Life Magazine, Chicago Magazine, Washingtonian, Glamour and The Huffington Post.

Interesting Facts and Trivia :

While Ashley can be pictured as glued to her personal computer writing for various publications, her photos have interestingly appeared on Vanity Fair magazine.
She had covered Chelsea Clinton’s wedding for The New York Times.
One of her high school classmates was Andrew Feinberg, former White House Correspondent for Sputnik, the Russian State-owned news agency.

Body Figure / Physical Info

Ashley Parker Measurements :

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