Ava is passionate about serving students from different backgrounds who feel “in the dark” with respect to God. As a sophomore at Columbia, she joined a Bible study originally to prove to a friend that she could dismiss Christianity’s claims. Instead, she discovered that the Christian framework made better sense of the world and of human nature than the secular framework. Ava attended Columbia College (CC '99) and her husband Peter attended Columbia Law School ('01). She worked as a consultant before obtaining a Masters in Education and teaching for two years. She then stayed at home to care for her children Karis, Erenei, and Checed before starting to minister to Columbia students in the fall of 2013. She enjoys talking, teaching the Bible, Netflix comedy specials, knitting, calligraphy, and playing Settlers of Catan with students and family!
Email: ava.ligh@ruf.org