Ashley Davis has led Boston Public Schools’ Pauline A. Shaw Elementary School as principal since spring 2019. Ahead of becoming a full-time principal, she participated in Boston College’s Lynch Leadership Academy as an aspiring principal fellow. Prior, she earned a master’s in effective teaching from The Charles Sposato Graduate School of Education, after which she taught ninth grade English at Match Charter Public School for six years. She holds a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Kentucky State University.