Climate change disproportionately affects those from lower social classes.
![Poorer communities have not been able to recover completely from the destruction that Hurricane Sandy brought [AP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20131216124154376580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Saleena Subaiya is an epidemiologist who has conducted several post-disaster hurricane needs assessments within Queens, New York City. She is currently working as an emergency medicine resident in New York City.
Climate change disproportionately affects those from lower social classes.
![Poorer communities have not been able to recover completely from the destruction that Hurricane Sandy brought [AP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20131216124154376580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)