THE AUTHOR
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Gabriela D. Ayala is an author, educator, and mental health advocate whose work blends lived experience with the power of storytelling.
For over twenty years, she has dedicated herself to teaching and mentoring young people, helping them find their voices and pathways to higher education.
Her writing reflects the same fierce commitment to truth and transformation, moving seamlessly between memoir, young adult sci-fantasy, and literary fiction.
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Through her books, speaking, and advocacy, Gabriela hopes to break stigma, inspire resilience, and invite readers into conversations about identity, love, and the possibility of transformation.
Whether in the classroom or on the page, her work carries one clear message: survival is possible, and stories have the power to save us.
2025
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Her debut memoir, All the Pills I Swallow, is a raw and unflinching account of survival, love, and resilience.
From her immigrant childhood and the chaotic pulse of 90s rave culture to mental health struggles and the radical act of rebuilding a life, Gabriela brings readers into an intimate story of pain and healing.
2026
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Her forthcoming YA sci-fantasy, The Legend of the Tektites, is Book 1 an epic tale of legacy, power, and destiny.
When Helen uncovers a hidden shard tied to her lineage, she is thrust into a secret war between two artificial intelligences—one created to uplift humanity and one bent on its destruction.
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Blending mythology, technology, and the raw urgency of self-discovery, the novel launches a trilogy about courage, survival, and the choices that shape the future.
2026
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Her literary novel, Cathexis, is a haunting exploration of art, madness, and generational survival.
Spanning a century, it follows three gifted women—an opera singer in 1926, a literary phenomenon in 1976, and a modern-day artist in 2025—each born with a brilliance their world mistakes for madness.
Woven together through the secret case notes of a bipolar psychologist, their stories reveal an ancestral cycle of trauma and the courage it takes to reclaim voice, agency, and healing.
"So, I swallowed it all; the fear, the confusion, the voices, and let them claw at the inside of my skull while I kept my silence. Because as long as I stayed silent, I was still me. But this isn’t the first time I’ve been here. Maybe not in a psych ward, wrists bound, lights buzzing like a swarm of wasps overhead, but in this space where I am trapped between who I was and who I am supposed to become. I’ve lived inside that limbo for as long as I can remember."
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