Ashley Francois

Connect What inspired your most recent tattoo?

My newest tattoo is for the 3 of my kids... they are pocket watch faces at the time they were born with initials with skulls and roses. My kids are my driving force for being here today. I've died multiple times and have come back. I'm a waking medical anomaly where doctors can't explain how I'm capable of being here and doing everything i do. My tattoos are my therapy, my expression of who I am, what I love and how I can defy the odds.

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

My tattoos are my therapy, my expression of who I am, what I love and how I can defy the odds. My color piece is for the brighter happier days to come, my right thigh, for the darkness I've faced and survived and still fighting. My others are dedicated to my 3 kids.

What would you do with the $25,000?

With the $25,000, I would put it towards getting myself and my children into a safer, healthier home, I would get bills paid and help my oldest child pay his application fees and deposit for his new journey in college. My children have watched me suffer for so long, they themselves have suffered, I'm striving to make their futures a little easier for them.