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patient population, which was put at even greater risk in the pandemic. Trevor also taught me how to incorporate learning and work with being a balanced person. Trevor provided me with the academic rigor and backbone that allowed me to flourish as an undergraduate and at medical school, but also encouraged humanistic enrichment—as, throughout high school, I explored my love of running, the outdoors, and animals. is culminated in a senior project where I worked on a sustainable organic farm. I have to say this might be one of the most important lessons I learned at Trevor; it has prevented burnout in an occupational field that is rife with it. e coronavirus pandemic further challenged my concept of work-life balance, but I have found ways to maintain it—such as watching e Office reruns with my husband, Ben, (also a doctor, an OB-GYN), video chats with friends, going on long trail runs, playing with or going on walks with my two large dogs: Luna, our goofy Great Dane who outweighs me (pictured), and Omar, our very sweet bloodhound-lab mix. In the midst of the pandemic, our country was confronted with more tragedy, with the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor (preceded and followed by many more). Working in West Baltimore, I realized that most of my patients have been lifelong victims of structural racism, and many of police brutality. e movement that is now happening is inspiring, and I hope will bring justice to those affected by recent events: my patients, and to all Black lives. Despite my years of education and experience, I now realize I have so much more to learn about structural racism, and how I could do more to be anti-racist. How can I treat my patients if I don't fight for them? e next chapter in my career involves more learning, as I move to Durham, North Carolina, with my husband for more fellowship training, now in hepatology (liver medicine). My goal is to combine my training in addiction and hepatology to take care of patients with alcohol- related liver disease and hepatitis C. I also received a National Institutes of Health T-32 training grant that will pay for protected research time and a master's degree from the UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. In an ideal world, I will someday be practicing academic hepatology and addiction at a large university. ough, as North Carolina coronavirus cases continue to surge, I am reminded of my first and foremost duty as a doctor to take care of patients, and will adapt to whatever challenges the pandemic brings. Clockwise from top left: In 5th grade, an excited Sasha unwraps her new laptop; Sasha at the extreme right, with Coach Celeste Scott and other Trevor Girls Varsity Basketball players; Sasha in full physician's attire: From left to right: Luna, Sasha, Ben, and Omar, relaxing at their new home in North Carolina; In Kindergarten, Sasha enjoys learning to play the xylophone. 5 6 T R E V O R D AY S C H O O L n S U M M E R 2 0 1 9 – 2 0 2 0