The purpose of this paper is to introduce the narrative journey of myself as an English language teacher and learner who came from Saudi Arabia to Canada to do my master's degree in the Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) program. Having three years of experience in teaching, I found that to be a good opportunity to improve myself through expanding my knowledge, skills, and qualifications through doing that program which introduces me to a number of resources. I came to Canada with the

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... aim of gaining knowledge and experience from a different culture. Therefore, I have felt a shift and a movement in my identity, which provides me with a sense of direction in my future goals. Hence, the paper discusses this movement by incorporating identity theory and several other theories connected to it, in order to envision the journey of my career as a teacher. It is in reality a narrative identity changing across time and space.