Ashley Sanipass is a Mi'kmaq woman who was born on Indian Island First Nation in New Brunswick In 1985. She is a mother of 2 and a Graduate from Cape Breton University (2006) . She is a multi-disciplinary artist who continues to live on Indian Island. Ashley has studied art through Mi'kmaq oral history and teachings from her grandmother Evangeline Sanipass and aunties Audrey Sanipass, Vickey Sanipass, and Ann Barlow. Her family is her main resource of knowledge and teachers in Mi'kmaq cultural art and the knowledge she holds has been passed down through generations of women in her family.

Ashley practices art forms such as: beading, porcupine quill work, and basket making. Her most notable and recent works of art include “beaded medicines and teachers”(2021), “Mi’kmaq months of the year (2023) and “Memory Baskets”(2022).  Ashley was also commissioned to create artwork as an award for the 2023 North American Indigenous games that happened in Halifax, Nova Scotia the award was won by Team Nova Scotia. Ashley has been studying under the direction of her family for over 30 years