Cecil Christopher Ashley II

Cecil Christopher Ashley II is a Los Angeles native and San Diego County transplant as of 2013. He graduated from California Polytechnic University, Pomona in 2007 with a Sociology degree emphasizing in Criminology. Since graduating, Mr. Ashley has worked in the areas of supported living, youth homeless advocacy, Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), and residential care work with both youth and adults populations. While in San Diego, Mr. Ashley has worked full time as a Protective Services Worker for the County of San Diego. Within that position, he has held multiple roles, which include participation in the Adoptions program, Child and Family Team (CFT) facilitator, Level of Care (LOC) coordinator and his current role as lead protective services worker at Polinsky Children’s Center, a temporary residential facility for youth in transition with the Juvenile Dependency process. As of March 2023, Mr. Ashley celebrated 10 years of service to youth in families in San Diego County. In total, Mr. Ashley has spent 20 plus years providing social service related support to individuals amongst a number of populations.   

As a child, Cecil Ashley II, was inspired by his mother. As an adult, the sentiment remains the same. From her example as a Los Angeles County social worker, Mr. Ashley was able to model after an example of true social work excellence. He continues to take pride in his career, which can now be considered a family trade. Even though not through profession, Mr. Ashley marvels in the great examples of service and self-less ambition of his elders who helped shape the careers of both himself, and his mother. Never did he consider that the job he witnessed mother excel at would be his greatest calling as well. The opportunity to work with incoming social workers via training only serves as an extension of that dream becoming his real life. 

Not mentioned earlier, is that Mr. Ashley, while serving disadvantaged communities, also served entertainment to his local communities through podcasting and trivia hosting. If social work would not have blessed him with such a fulfilling life and career, Mr. Ashley imagines that he may have explored a career as a stand-up comic.