This topic brief is one in a series on personalized learning prepared for Conversations with Innovators, 2018. It seems logical that students would be more successful in learning if instruction is tailored, including the environment, pace, and presentation of concepts, to each student's needs, interests, and aspirations. However, personalizing learning is a complex process that begins with the student-teacher relationship, uses various methods and technologies to personalize the student learning experience, and involves alternative means for students to demonstrate mastery of knowledge and skills. Many have turned to student portfolios as an alternative to formal assessments to document student learning. Student portfolios are not new; however, to truly personalize learning, it is necessary to push beyond portfolios to facilitate students developing a learning portrait of their personal competencies and learning journey. In this brief, the authors summarize the research related to learning and student portfolios, current practices, suggest possibilities in using use of student portraits as an opportunity to engage students in owning, reflecting on, and sharing their application of learned personal competencies to further their own learning and realize their aspirations.