Coach Ashley De Oliveira is a local to Tampa Florida. She began BJJ in Rob Kahn's Gracie Tampa network, training under Tony Way & Brittany Way of Gracie Palm Harbor. There she built her strong foundation and earned her purple belt. Training primarily in nogi BJJ originally, as a blue belt Ashley began cross training in the gi with Professor Paulo and quickly fell in love with it. She is now a black belt under Professor Paulo De Oliveira at Primata Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and has trained BJJ for 11 years. Ashley is an owner and lead instructor at Primata BJJ with 9 years of previous career experience as an educator.