Dashiell is a disability rights advocate, filmmaker, actor and college student. His passion for storytelling leads him to a wide range of projects, from film to writing to speaking. Having spoken at the United Nations, U.S. Dept. of Education and Stanford, he is the 2025 National Down Syndrome Ambassador of the Year. Dashiell's short thriller, Day 21, won him the Best Actor Award at the Easterseals Diability Film Challenge. Day 21 and his award-winning documentary short This Is Me have screened in film festivals internationally. Dashiell will appear in a lead role of the feature film 21Down, co-starring Ashley Judd.