Code-switching, in the social context, is the adjusting of one’s style of speech, behavior, appearance, and/or expressions when interacting with other groups depending on the social context and the audience.  I often have to ask myself, how frequently do I code-switch?  Am I code-switching when I am in professional spaces behaving professionally?  I’m sure everyone puts their best representative out there when they’re at work, at professional networking events, at school, etc.  But this conversation is really about “US”, people of color...and specifically, women of color.  When in certain settings and among certain groups, most of "Us" have done it masterfully. Do women of color still need to code-switch when in mostly white professional circles or can our cultural differences be celebrated and valued? Can we look for the opportunities to be the “tie that binds” our cultural, ethnic, and even individual differences rather than conform? My friend and a woman of color shares her wisdom and experience with code-switching.  This is a HERStory Lesson that I found enlightening and made me really examine the question: To Switch Or Not To Switch.  So, friend, get your glass of wine, your coffee, tea (or all of the above) and get comfortable...this is Kristy O.’s HERStory Lesson.