Yajaira Ayala

Yajaira Ayala has a PhD in disaster science and management from the University of Delaware. Her dissertation, Reframing Reality: Poor Black Women’s Experiences with Vulnerability and Resilience During the Recovery Process, explored the challenges of poor black women in the aftermath of Hurricanes Laura and Delta and the strategies they employed to face them. Ayala’s work ultimately challenges and expands theoretical notions of resiliency, vulnerability, and recovery.