Fieldwork is an essential skill for geoscientists, but every individual will experience the field differently due to the specific field conditions, their previous field experiences, and their personal intersecting identities. This workshop will present skills and techniques to empower students and leaders to tackle fieldwork, recognizing that their unique identities and world perceptions are tools as important as a rock hammer or notebook. We will present a set of strategies developed from interdisciplinary, mixed methods research drawing on place-based learning, critical geographies, qualitative GIS, and social research methods. During the workshop, we will discuss results from implementing these strategies while collecting stream geomorphology data with undergraduate and graduate students in urban and rural Alabama. Workshop participants will practice using pre-field trip surveys, personal reflection mapping, and guided journaling during a mini "field" experience. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback on the tools and to adapt the tools for their own upcoming trips to the field with students.