[2] Her father was initially an illegal immigrant in the Netherlands, but he became a legal resident by a general pardon in 1975.

[4] She was number 36 on the candidate list of the Labour Party for the Dutch general election on 15 March 2017.

[4] The Labour Party won nine seats in the election, so Asante left the House of Representatives on 23 March 2017.

[11] Asante is a Protestant Christian and attends the Triumphant Faith Chapel in Badhoevedorp, where her husband is a pastor.

[2][10][12] In 2016, when she was asked why she was not member of a confessional political party, Asante said: "Christianity and social democracy are very similar.