Aisling Chin-Yee was born April 29, 1982 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is mixed Jamaican-Chinese and Irish. Chin-Yee moved to Montreal in the year 2000 to study at Concordia. She holds UK and Canadian citizenship, and often goes by the name "Ash" due to the Irish spelling of her first name. She owns and operates Fluent Films. She co-created the #AfterMeToo Movement in Canada.