Aaliyah Gray, Ph.D., is a Research Assistant Professor in the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies. She received a B.A. in Psychology from Stetson University in 2017 and a Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Psychology from Fordham University in 2022. Her work examines the socioecology of sexual and reproductive wellbeing among girls and young adult women, with particular attention to school-based sex education, access to sexual and reproductive health care, and the impact of policy on behavior. She is also a co-Principal Investigator of the Black Mothers Care Plan, an interdisciplinary community-research collaborative of the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies addressing maternal health disparities in South Florida. Her work has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality, American Psychological Association, American Psychological Foundation, and PSI CHI.