“When you want to share something with another person more than anything, it is one of the most difficult things to realize that you can never have it. Accepting this realization is even more difficult. Loving someone does mean saying goodbye to them in some cases, though we will fight that until the oftentimes bitter end before doing the right thing.”

American sex worker and freelance writer

Ashly Lorenzana is an American sex worker and freelance writer from Portland, Oregon. She is known for her autobiographical memoir, Sex, Drugs & Being an Escort. Her writing draws on her own life and work, especially the experiences behind that memoir. Based in Portland, she has also written as a freelance writer, with her name associated with direct, personal, autobiographical material.