Ashley Horne, FNP-C is originally from a small town called Opelika, Alabama, but relocated to Pinehurst, NC, in 1999. Knowing her passion was for helping people, she attended Sandhills Community College to receive her Associate's Degree in Nursing in 2009. A job in cardiac telemetry at NHRMC brought her to Wilmington in 2010. She continued at UNCW to receive her Bachelor's Degree in Nursing in 2013. Over the next six years, she worked in cardiac ICU at NHRMC until deciding to pursue her Master's Degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner at the University of South Alabama. She graduated in December of 2018 and started at IIM in February of 2019. Ashley and her husband, Greg, who met on a blind date, have been married for five years. They live in Wilmington with their labradoodle, Penny, and welcomed their son, Lincoln, to the world in June 2020. She loves being a new mom, spending time with family, exercising, and redecorating.