[10] She also worked as a reporter for Money, where she wrote personal finance articles about careers and investing before moving to CNN.

[7] In 2012, Asher met a CNN executive who invited her to the company headquarters in New York for a screen test.

[11] The book was inspired by her 2015 Tedx talk "Trust Your Struggle", which has been viewed 2.2 million times on YouTube as of 2022.

[9] It tells the story of how her mother, widowed and raising four children, worked to fulfill her and her husband's original dream of moving to England to ensure their children an excellent education and opportunity; the results are visible in the journalist, the actor, the medical doctor and the entrepreneur that Asher and her siblings have become.

[12] Asher resides in Montclair, New Jersey with her Associated Press reporter husband, Steve Peoples, and their two sons.