Grounded theory is a qualitative data analysis (QDA) approach in which the researcher seeks to develop theory from component parts of data that they have collected. This data often appears as “unquantifiable data” and speaks to experiences, memories, and emotions that participants relayed to the researcher. The researcher then attempts to piece together patterns from disconnected data. In this session, we will hear from a graduate student on how they are using grounded theory in their own QDA and research, what this process looks like, and what some of the challenges they face in this approach are.