Ascencios has lived in New York City for fourteen years and currently keeps a studio in Brooklyn.
[1] Collectors of her work include Sean Penn, Oprah Winfrey, director Jim Sheridan, CBS Studios, and the Jewish Repertory Theatre.
[2] Ascencios is noted as the creator of two paintings depicting the literati of the 1920s.
One, depicting members of the Algonquin Round Table is on permanent display at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City[3] and the other hangs above the fireplace in the Library at the Martha Washington Inn, in Abingdon, VA.
She also received first place in puppetry in the Henson design competition.