Country music artist Ashley Barron is the National Scleroderma Foundation’s official Celebrity Ambassador. 

Barron was diagnosed with scleroderma at age five. At that time, her family had never heard of the disease. Now as Celebrity Ambassador, Barron is working to represent the organization and increase awareness and understanding of scleroderma as she travels the country for performances. Tragically, Ashley lost her mother, Carol Lee Barron, to scleroderma in October 2020. Her mother's diagnosis of systemic sclerosis occurred only four months before her death.

"I am so honored to have the opportunity to work alongside the National Scleroderma Foundation to bring awareness to this disease," says Barron. "I never thought when I was diagnosed at 5 years old, that I'd one day get the opportunity to bring support and community to others that I did not have. I'm very excited for the future and what is to come."

"Ashley is uniquely positioned to help others affected by scleroderma find their best path forward," says National Scleroderma Foundation CEO Mary J. Wheatley.  "As a talented recording artist, as a person who has scleroderma herself, and as someone who lost her mother to this disease, Ashley's compelling story can touch people in her audience who need to know about the disease and the work the National Scleroderma Foundation is doing to address it."