Personalized learning is designed to address the disengagement of today's students and to be proactive in closing the growing achievement gaps occurring in far too many schools. The goal of personalized learning is to engage students in the process, building on their interests, aptitudes, and strengths, thus creating intrinsic motivation for achievement and success. Students feel empowered when involved in goal-setting and decision-making processes. One primary key to effective individualized personalized learning is sparking the innate curiosity of students through active engagement with their environment. Micro-credentials are bite-size learning activities or professional development experiences that can often be stacked to create a tower of knowledge or expertise. Whether the learner be the teacher or student, the micro-credential provides an opportunity for personalized learning on a topic of interest and meaning to the learner, thus increasing internal motivation and agency. The creation of an individual personalized learning environment, including micro-credentials, could occur with P-12 student in a traditional or alternative educational setting or in professional development for educators or other professionals. Personalized learning initiatives can be formed to fit the needs of the participants and aligning with the systems and structures to pursue the personalization and credential that best fits the need.