The author describes four narrative stories from his personal and professional experience during his career as an educator in Nunavut, Canada. The author shares these stories as a way to further understand self and how to show empathy from a personal and professional perspective. The author's credentials include both a Bachelor of Arts degree and Bachelor of Education degree from Mount Allison University in Sackville, NB. In 2019 he received his Masters in Edcuation in Inclusionary Practices from Crandall University in Moncton, NB. He is also a current PhD student at Cambridge University in Boston, Mass. studying Educational Leadership. The author is currently a middle school mathematics teacher in Baker Lake, Nunavut. He enjoys reading and learning about contemporary trends in education and the issues that are part of education from a Canadian context.