Ashia Aubrey is digital communications specialist at the Buffett Early Childhood Institute, responsible for leading the Institute's efforts on social media. Aubrey joined the Institute in 2021 as a Preschool Development Grant communications specialist, providing support for grant activities housed at the Institute. Before joining the Institute, Aubrey was the associate director of communications at an Omaha nonprofit. Prior to that, she was a reporter and television news anchor in Nebraska, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Aubrey is a Tennessee native and a proud graduate of Hampton University.