Ashley Gilbert-Montalvo is a fourth-generation seamstress, furniture designer, fiber activist, and impact strategy consultant based in Boulder, Colorado.

Long practiced in the art of transformation, Montalma is the embodiment of her life’s work at the intersection of value reclamation and restoring the connection between people and the places we inhabit.

She honors this connection by marrying man-made forms with found and natural fibers. Her process, using what already exists, releases the perceived need for extracting additional resources to create something new, and celebrates the inherent value in the work of those who came before us. 

Gilbert-Montalvo has an MBA specialized in Sustainable Business Practices from the University of Oregon, and a Bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University dual majored in International Affairs and Human Services with a concentration in Latin American studies.