Ashley Wagner &Alex Clarke Diamonds & Lavender

When Ashley Wagner unofficially retired from competitive skating in 2018, she decided it was time to make a lot of other changes in her life. She left Los Angeles, where she had trained for a decade, and headed east, settling in Boston.

Wagner, 31, had reached a point in her life where she needed new inspiration, and moving to a city where she knew no one was just the start.

“I moved to Boston because I believe that if you want to change, you need to be pushed outside of your comfort zone,” she said. “I didn’t know anyone in Boston, and I really had to steer my own life for the first time. It was not easy.”

But it did not take long for her to find