Limor Augustin

Limor is a PhD candidate at York St John University whose qualitative research explores personally significant bereavements that were impacted by Covid restrictions. Her research utilises a narrative methodology and centres stories from people of Black, Caribbean heritage in acknowledgement of the impact of dual pandemics of Covid-19 and racism.

Limor is a woman of colour with mixed heritage, a mother, a bereaved person and a member of a number of diverse communities. She recognises that she is influenced and enriched by multiple cultures and by a recognition of multiple ways of knowing and being. Limor has a professional background in mental health, youth work and in supporting families. She has a particular interest in decolonial and anti-racist scholarship and activism, which is reflected in her research.