Dr. Asher was born in Mombasa (Kenya) and graduated from University of Bristol School of Dentistry (United Kingdom). After working for several years in the National Health Service in London, she joined Harvard School of Dental Medicine as an Advanced Standing student and completed her training in 2012. Upon graduation from Harvard she was hired to serve as faculty in the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences in 2014 and 2015.