Nic M. Weststrate is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, an affiliate faculty in the Department of Psychology, and a member of the Center for Research on Health and Aging at the University of Illinois Chicago. Nic studies positive aging within LGBTQ+ communities. Currently, he has been exploring the potential for intergenerational storytelling between LGBTQ+ elders and youth to bolster their health, well-being, and psychosocial development, while also sustaining the LGBTQ+ communities’ rich cultures and histories. Nic’s work has appeared in journals such as Developmental Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Review, Perspectives on Psychological Science, and American Psychologist. In Nic’s community-engaged research, he partners with the Pride in Aging Program at the Center on Halsted and Pride Action Tank of the AIDS Foundation Chicago.