Ebony Aya is a recent PhD graduate of the University of Minnesota in Curriculum and Instruction, with minors in Culture and Teaching and African American and African Studies. In her work she focuses on the experiences of Black women in higher education. She is also a program manager for the Jan Serie Center at Macalester College where she teaches and facilitates programming that focuses on faculty development. Additionally, Ebony is the founder of the Aya Collective and recently launched the Aya Collective’s second anthology, Finding the Voice Within’ (2024), in addition to authoring the Gospel According to a Black Woman (2020) and Incomplete Stories: On Loss, Love, and Hope (2023), and Reconsidering Eve: Towards a Deepened Consciousness. All books can be purchased at http://www.ayamediapublishingllc.com.