An academic describes her journey as an introvert taking on multiple leadership roles within various institutions and professional organizations. Reflections depict her ability to compensate for characteristics of introversion that do not fit within set institutional leadership templates which are heavily formed by features of extroversion. Along with her compensation skills, she credits formative support from inspirational mentors and involvement in professional learning communities to her success as a leader. [For the complete volume, "Cross-Disciplinary, Cross-Institutional Collaboration in Teacher Education: Cases of Learning and Leading. Palgrave Studies on Leadership and Learning in Teacher Education," see ED616372.]