This chapter demonstrates what teacher identity actually looks like and, in doing so, narrate some of the early struggles associated with becoming a teacher. Acknowledging all the influences on one's teacher learning often requires the teacher to confront multiple personal and professional conflicts. One important lesson from Liz's experience is a painful one: she was offered very little professional support in recognizing and navigating her teacher-identity conflicts. It sets up the second half of the book: once you understand what teacher identity looks like, then you're ready to attend to your own teacher identity. The tug-of-war continued, and a month or two into her program, Liz wanted to decrease the level of anxiety she was feeling. Liz would have benefited from honest, straightforward conversations about the identity conflicts, emotional roller-coaster rides, and myriad contradictions involved in authentically and deeply "becoming a teacher".