Ashley Ondrick

Ashley Ondrick is a personal chef, health coach, and storyteller whose journey through pain, healing, and resilience has shaped every aspect of her life and work.

While studying economics and finance, a semester abroad forever altered her path, awakening her to the beauty of her Creator and igniting her culinary aspirations. After refining her craft in kitchens from Italy to New York City to Singapore, Ashley spent years executing farm-to-table events in the greater Boston area. She later founded A (Mostly) Healthy Chef in Tampa Bay, where she helps clients use food as both medicine and celebration—teaching them to eat with intention, gain confidence in the kitchen, and reclaim ownership of their health.

A longtime advocate for the transformative power of microfinance, Ashley spent a year living in the Philippines and traveling throughout Southeast Asia. Her volunteer work in this field has continued for nearly two decades.

Remarkably, Ashley has also faced immense physical challenges, including a connective tissue disorder, anorexia, Lyme disease, and chronic pain. In writing Speranza, she felt called to share her arduous yet faith-filled journey to give her suffering purpose and invite others to do the same. Through years of healing—and the tension between control and surrender—she has dismantled false beliefs about her worth and God’s love, ultimately discovering the wholeness she had been seeking all along.