Ashley Gwyneth grew up in Maine as a very athletic and school-oriented child. She was a gymnast, on sports teams, an honours student, and served on an HIV/AIDS awareness education team for New England. After a severe back injury, she began a downward spiral for years of physical "dis-ease" with partial paralysis of the digestive system, and endocrine system imbalance, among many other domino effect ailments. Having to trade out sports, school, extracurriculars, and a regular kid life for constant testing/treatment in hospitals and excessive prescription medications, her emotional/spiritual strength and courage began to wane as well. After feeling largely failed by Western medicine's approach to her, she sought help from a Chinese Acupuncturist who changed her entire perspective on health and healing. Ash went on to attend high school in rural Costa Rica, furthering her interest in traditional medicines and varying views on health. Fueled by her passion for medical anthropology, medical translation, and traditional views on health, Ash has spent over 25 years living in Latin American countries and the Hawaiian Islands.

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She has since been mentored by MDs, practitioners, and many experts in their own fields to broaden her knowledge base. She completed her training in Puerto Rico and USA, mentoring under professionals with roots in Native American, Asian, and traditional Latin American techniques. She now certifies and mentors practitioners in these methods. Ash also holds a Bachelor's degree in Spanish and Latin American Studies from Dalhousie University and a Certificate of Translation and Culture Studies from Salamanca University, Spain. 

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The ocean and surfing have been her meditation and respite since her childhood accident, leading to a life of teaching surfing to all walks of life in USA, Canada, Costa Rica, Hawaii, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. The transition from teaching surfing to providing traditional healing happened organically over the years as she began to see her students needing not only surfing technique instruction but also health & life guidance, injury support, and acceptance. 

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ZenBot Studio's private practice was launched in the flower district of Manhattan, New York and evolved to St Augustine, Florida, where she became an adjunct instructor in the Continuing Education program at Flagler College teaching Traditional medicine philosophies, up to Canada for a Women and Indigenous Peoples grant, and is now based in Montauk, New York.