Moving from the coldest city in New York, Ashley Behal, a Hall County local of nine years, was more than excited to get some of Georgia’s warm weather. Ashley moved to Gainesville from Buffalo, NY with her mom and two siblings in 2007. She graduated from Mckinley High School knowing that she wanted to work with kids somehow in a school system, she just was not quite sure how.
When Ashley and her family moved to Hall County, she decided to do what she wanted, which was work in a school system. She began working as an administrative assistant at Gainesville High school. This job makes her happier than ever because it allows her to work in a school and be around the kids, but she doesn’t have to teach them. Ashley is married to the love of her life and is the mother of one little boy. Along with her hard work at school, Ashley and her sister spend their free time owning and operating a small photography business known as Two Lovely Sisters, while also doing hair and makeup.
Question: What inspired you or led you to your current career?
Answer: “I have always worked in a school system ever since I was 13. I did a summer youth program in NY, and I loved it. Knowing that I don’t have to teach kids, but can still hang out with them, makes me happy.”
Q: What is your favorite restaurant in Hall County, and what do you love there?
A: “I love Recess on the square. They have the best creme brulee.”
Q: Who is the most interesting person you’ve met here in Hall County?
A: “I can not think of just one very interesting person that I have met in Hall County. I meet the most interesting people at the GHS football games.”
Q: If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, where would it be? And why?
A: “ I am a big history buff, so I would love to go to Europe to learn and see the different cultures and history there.”
Q: What is your favorite movie OR what is the first movie you remember seeing in theatre?
A: “My favorite movie is the Notebook.”
Q: What advice would you give to a crowd of people?
A: “Stop caring about what other people think.”
Q: What is something on your bucket list?
A: “To travel anywhere in Europe.”
Q: What is your favorite music/ 3 bands you would like to see (dead or alive)?
A: “Coldplay, The Eagles, and Selena Gomez.”
Q: Choosing anyone alive and a non-relative: with whom would you love to have lunch? Why this person? Where would you have this lunch in Hall County?
A: “Chris Martin. I think he is awesome. Avocados.”
Q: What is your favorite thing about Hall County?
A: “All of the Southern Traditions. I love meeting all of the southern people. I also love Green Street in the fall because of the leaves.”
Q: Where do you see yourself in 5 or 10 years?
A: “Traveling more, at least twice a year”
Q: (Even for friends or family), what is something interesting that most people don’t know about you?
A: “That I am a clumsy dork, I fall everywhere.”
Interview by: Ashley Filson
The Faces of Hall County is a project to showcase the amazing people that live or work in our community. If you would like to nominate an interesting person to be featured please email babernathy@gonorton.com.
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