Meet the Founder
Ashley Chance
Founder
Ashley is the heart behind Chance Create — a multidimensional career and talent brand reshaping how people discover purpose in their work. With over 8 years of experience across tech recruiting, early talent development, and workforce strategy, she blends real-world experience with radical intention.
She’s helped top companies build inclusive teams, guided hundreds of professionals through career pivots, and now designs programs that empower the next generation to see work as a calling — not just a job.
Career Expert, Talent Finder, and Mainframe Developer
“I don’t just help people get hired. I help them come home to themselves — through the work they do.”
🌿 The Mission Behind the Work
Ashley believes your career should feel like alignment, not obligation.
Through Chance Create, she’s rewriting what it means to be “qualified” — centering authenticity, soul, and strategy in everything she builds.
📖 My Career Story
Curious how I got here? Here’s the real story — no fluff.
I started college as a Finance major, totally unaware that tech would change everything. One required course — Management Information Systems — shifted my path. A professor pulled me aside and said, “You’re a natural at this.” That moment planted a seed.
She encouraged me to apply for a competitive internship that blended class credit with real-world work. I took the leap.
The first interview? Brutal.
No smiles. Rapid questions. I thought I bombed.
The second one? Real conversation. Ease.
Weeks later, I got the call: “You got the internship.” That changed my life.
I entered a rotational tech role doing project management, fraud system design, and even hands-on coding. It gave me my technical foundation—and stretched my belief in myself.
Then came my pivot into diversity recruiting. I built programs that brought underrepresented talent into tech, starting with students who reminded me of myself. That work grew into national leadership, DEI partnerships, and engineering talent strategy at scale.
Eventually, I hit pause. I took a career break. Realigned.
And now? I’m back in tech — as a mainframe developer.
Learning COBOL. Writing JCL. Building the systems that power our world.
This journey hasn’t been linear. But it’s been powerful.
I’m not just pivoting careers.
I’m claiming who I’ve always been.