Recent NCU School of Education graduate Dr. Danny Chavez discusses his doctoral journey, providing supportive advice for current as well as potential NCU students to realize their dream of earning a doctorate. Dr. Chavez provides many helpful tips, from receiving support from the writing coaches in the Academic Support Center to utilizing the online librarians when completing the dissertation. He also explains how he was able to keep himself motivated, organized, and emotionally healthy throughout his entire experience at NCU. But perhaps most importantly, Dr. Chavez describes what earning a doctorate has done for him personally and professionally, in his quest to fulfill his dream as well as to be a role model for other Hispanics.