Understanding what life experiences encourage individuals to learn and adopt Marxist perspectives will yield insight into methodology effective in teaching, sharing, and promoting Marxist ideology. This research explores the lived experiences of Marxists to highlight the stories of those individuals who have recognized the significance of the class struggle in the attempt to challenge dominant societal narratives. The counterstorytelling utilized in this research is coupled with intersectionality to reveal similarities and discrepancies in the perspectives and stories of Marxists and non-Marxists. The significant history and relationship of Marxism and Critical Theory is discussed in the introduction. This is followed by researcher positionality and origin of inquiry. Participant narratives and analysis are provided along with researcher reflection and potential avenues of further research.