Parsons The New School for Design
She received her BA and BFA at the New School for Social Research at Eugene Lang College and Parsons The New School for Design. Ascencios has taught drawing and painting at the School of Visual Arts at the graduate and undergraduate schools and has given talks on painting at Parsons The New School for Design, Maryland School of Art and various other institutions throughout the country. Ascencios has lived in New York City for fourteen years and currently keeps a studio in Brooklyn.