As the election draws near, college students and their families are dealing with a great deal of overwhelm and quarantine trauma, as a result of the pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice. Psychologist and researcher, Dr. Farzana Saleem shares ways to practice self-care on and off campus. She explains the importance of being culturally comfortable around mentors, friends, professors and your virtual community. She also discusses the value of learning to ‘code switch’ with culturally diverse professors in preparation for the workforce and other new environments. Whether you are growing in your cultural, gender or sexual identity, Dr. Saleem encourages you to affirm yourself daily. Dr. Saleem completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Community Psychology at George Washington University. She specializes in trauma, identity, and racial/cultural concerns for youth, young adults, and families. In the Dept. of Psychiatry and Graduate School of Education at UCLA, Dr. Saleem conducts community and school-based research focused on identifying factors across contexts that can reduce the negative effects of racial discrimination on the psychological health, academic success, and adjustment of African American and Latinx adolescents and families. She is a therapist at UCLA TIES for Families and will be transitioning to an Assistant Professor faculty position at Stanford University in the Graduate School of Education this year. To learn more about Dr. Saleem and her work, visit her on LinkedIn.