On Sunday, May 24th at 2:50 PM, we lost Ashtyn. She was 19.

On Thursday, May 21st Ashtyn was in a motorcycle accident. She had a traumatic brain injury and never woke up. Her mom Leslie didn't leave her side once. Neither did her dad Ron or her sister Mallory. We love you guys.

On May 26th, Ashtyn donated her organs and saved at least 8 lives. Over 50 of her closest family, friends, and doctors lined the hospital hallway for her honor walk, commemorating her as a hero for her final gift. Up to 8 families get to keep their person because of a choice Ashtyn made when she was still here. She was thinking about other people right up until her last day, and now somehow even past it. That's just who she was.

We don't really know how to explain Ashtyn to someone who didn't know her. We're going to try anyway.

She graduated from Oviedo High in 2025. She cheered at Legendary. She rode with her bike crew. She was always around the car guys. She'd make friends in the gas station line. She'd roll her window down at a red light and start talking to whoever was in the next car, and 20 minutes later they'd be following each other on Instagram. That was Ashtyn.

She had this way of getting you to come out of your shell without you even noticing it was happening. You'd just realize at some point that you were laughing harder than you had in months. She knew us better than we knew ourselves.

The dumbest stuff turned into our best memories with her. Food runs at 1am. Lying on the floor on our phones not even talking. Random side quests that made zero sense and somehow became stories we'll tell forever. Just being around her made everything feel like something.

Ashtyn is survived by her mom Leslie Crabtree-Johnson, her dad Ron Johnson (retired Lieutenant & Detective, Winter Park Police Department), and her sister Mallory Vazquez. To the Winter Park PD family who has shown up for Ron and Leslie this week — thank you. We see you. They need all of us right now.

We're trying to raise money to help cover Ashtyn's funeral and memorial costs and to take some financial weight off her family so they can actually grieve. No parent should be planning a funeral for their 19-year-old. But here we are. The only thing we can do is wrap around her family and hold them up.

Every dollar matters. Every share matters more.

If you didn't know Ashtyn personally, please hear this. She made the world better while she was in it, and at least 8 people are alive today because of her. If anything about her story moves you, please share this with five people. Tell them about her.

And if you did know her — please leave a memory in the comments. A funny story, a quirky moment, the dumbest thing she ever said, the time she did that thing only she would do. Anything. Her family deserves to read every one of them, and the rest of us need to laugh again.

That one choice is the reason 8 families still get to say "I love you" tonight.

Ashtyn, we love you. Always. 143.