About

Laura Nash (she/her)

Laura Nash is a freelance communications specialist, writer, and artist living in Portland, Oregon. She is founder and owner of Near Ash Creative LLC.

Since 2014, Laura has provided communications services primarily to nonprofits and foundations in the Pacific Northwest. She considers herself a communications generalist but gets the most excited about communications and narrative strategy work. Some of her current and former clients include Northwest Health Foundation, People’s Economy Lab, Oregon Futures Lab, Basic Rights Oregon, Oregon Food Bank, Inatai Foundation, Oregon Center for Public Policy, and Women’s Foundation of Oregon.

Laura organizes with Showing Up for Racial Justice Portland and is on the steering committee of the Warm Springs Water Coalition. Laura received a B.A. in Studio Art and East Asian Studies from Lewis & Clark College and an M.A. in Critical Studies and M.F.A. in Applied Craft + Design from Pacific Northwest College of Art. She loves reading and writing visionary speculative fiction, craft and game days with friends, and cat cuddles.

You can find Laura’s art and writing at lauralisonash.com.