The purpose of this narrative inquiry is to share a story of self-reflection and deliberations about issues of ethics, values, social justice, and educational leadership. It begins as a story of reflections about one College of Education team's struggle for authenticity in the development of a new educational leadership program. However, the story takes a turn in light of the storyteller's renewed deliberations about authenticity in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. In the process, relevant ethical leadership and social justice principles are applied to examine, critique, and evaluate this struggle for authenticity. The narrative is an attempt to capture the multifaceted human dimensions embedded in the successes, achievements, challenges, and frustrations of striving for personal and professional integrity.